Mademoiselle, dites-moi donc

DESCRIPTION: "Dites-moi donc mademoiselle, dou venez-vous donc?" The singer asks the woman a series of questions: Is she from Sorel or Saint-Adele? Is her petticoat is cotton or flannel? She answers with questions of her own. They end with insults
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: c. 1930 (recording, La Bolduc and Ovila Legare, according to various YouTube videos)
KEYWORDS: foreignlanguage dialog clothes food rejection
FOUND IN: Canada(Mar)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Pottie/Ellis-FolksongsOfTheMaritimes, pp. 34-35, "Dites-moi donc mademoiselle" (1 text, 1 tune)
File: PoEll034

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