Cest dans le mois de Mai French Canadian Song
Vocals arrangement by Farya Faraji. I made arranged the song back in May and was planning on releasing it then as the name of the song implies, but I couldn t make it in time before having to travel to Greece, so here is a belated Mayrelated song released in June. This is a traditional song from Québec, originating as a worksong from the woodcutters and draveurs (men who transported heavy logs over the rivers by navigating rafts). It details how, during the month of may, the men usually cheat on their girls by sleeping with different girls at different ports on the SaintLaurent river (or less typically, other rivers north of Montréal) on their way home. Our folk songs in Québec originating from this context usually have this theme of infidelity while the men are away working, as seen in another French Canadian song I covered: Envoyons de l avant. The instrumentation features an accordion, a fiddle played in a traditional style inherited from Irish influence, an
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