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Let's
Sail Out on the Deep Blue Sea
(Partons,
la mer est belle)
Traditional
French/Acadian
DF#A
arr: by Merv Rowley, from Marc's DGd dulcimer
arrangement
English Lyrics: Marc
Mathieu ©2005
This
month we are introduced to a very old, well-known piece
of French Canadian folk music known as Partons, la
mer est belle. It came to our attention as part
of a recording by Marc Mathieu and his brother Gilbert,
who live in the northern climes of Ontario,
Canada. (Marc lives in the town of Hearst, and Gilbert in Thunder
Bay.).About two years ago, Marc
arranged the music to be played on the mountain
dulcimer, accompanied by guitar. To make it
understandable to American listeners, Marc translated
the French lyrics into English, with a new title, Let’s
Sail Out on the Deep Blue Sea. The English
version is presented here for your enjoyment as a
chorded arrangement in a D-F#-A tuning. Ruth and Merv
worked with Marc in searching for historical background
information about this song. Marc has kindly assembled a
document of these results, which appears as a link below
with the whimsical title, Acadia – Of History,
Heritage, Harbours and Herring.
In
additional to PDF and TEF music files, you will find the
usual sound files. For further enjoyment, we have also
posted a vocal recording of the French lyrics and a
streaming sound file of the instrumental recording by
Marc and Gilbert. Those interested in the full lyrics in
French will find them as well, linked to a separate PDF file.
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Anyone
wishing to contact Marc or Gilbert to order a copy of
their CD, Homegrown Canadian Tunes, or to
discuss festival participation may contact them at:
Marc Mathieu
PO Box 1557
Hearst, Ontario, Canada
POL 1NO
dulcimarc@gmail.com
Marc
is becoming quite well-known and popular in the American
dulcimer community. He has taught workshops and
performed at August Dulcimer Daze in VT, Mountain
Dulcimer Week in Cullowhee, NC, and Dulcimer Day in
Duluth in Duluth, MN, as well as in Canada.
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Historical
information - PDF: Acadia
- of History, Heritage, Harbours and Herring
Music
file - PDF: Let's
Sail Out on the Deep Blue Sea
MIDI
file: Let's
Sail Out on the Deep Blue Sea
TablEdit
file - TEF: Let's
Sail Out on the Deep Blue Sea
Lyrics
in French - PDF: Partons,
la mer est belle - French_lyrics
Vocal
by Georges Hamel - (streaming MP3 - click to play): Partons_Hamel
Instrumental
by Marc/Gilbert Mathieu (streaming MP3 - click to play): Partons_Mathieu
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