Tit Galop Pour Mamou
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| "Tit Galop Pour Mamou" | |
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| Single by The Balfa Brothers | |
| from the album Balfa Brothers Play Traditional Cajun Music, Vols. 1-2 | |
| Recorded | 1965 |
| Genre | Cajun |
| Length | 2:05 |
| Label | Swallow Records 6011, Swallow Records 6019 |
| Songwriter(s) | Dewey Balfa |
"Tit Galop Pour Mamou" (English: either Canter to Mamou or Giddy-Yap to Mamou) is a Cajun folk song with words and music by Dewey Balfa. The tune behind Joe South's "Games People Play" resembles the tune of "Tit Galop Pour Mamou" to some extent.
A recording of the song by Mamou Master was used on the soundtrack of the 1991 film Scorchers.[1] The song was also recorded as the title cut of a 1992 album by Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys.[2]
The album was first released 1965 and is considered Volume 1. Volume 2 was released in 1974 however, in 1994, both were re-released as a double album set.[3]
Content
[edit]The song's narrator tells of a trip to the Louisiana town of Mamou, where he sells his mule and wagon for 15 cents to buy candies for children and sugar and coffee for older people.[4][5]
References
[edit]- ^ “Scorchers,” Theiapolis Cinema
- ^ “Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys: Tit Galop Pour Mamou,” Amazon.com
- ^ "Dewey Balfa & the Balfa Brothers - Play Traditional Cajun Music, Volume 1 & 2 CD" www.flattownmusic.com
- ^ Cohn, Amy L. and Molly Bang. From Sea to Shining Sea: A Treasury of American Folklore and Folk Songs. Scholastic, 1993.
- ^ “Old Music for New Ears,” The Kentucky Network www.ket.org