Habitant d'Saint-Barbe

DESCRIPTION: Cumulative, call and response song: "L'habitant d'Saint-Barb' s'en va t'a Montreal" after six verses, building to "Le bout d'la queue du chien d'l'enfant d'la femm' d'l'habitant de Saint-Barbe..."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1976 (Fowke/MacMillan-PenguinBookOfCanadianFolkSongs)
KEYWORDS: foreignlanguage cumulative nonballad
FOUND IN: Canada(Que,Mar)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Fowke/MacMillan-PenguinBookOfCanadianFolkSongs 32, "L'Habitant d'Saint-Barbe" (1 text, 1 tune)
NOTES [11 words]: Progression of verses is very similar to "The Wild Man of Borneo." - SL
File: FowL32

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