Monday, March 2, 2020

"Ma Petite Chere Ami" - Thibodeaux Boys

As music changed from accordion-led duos towards string bands in the mid 1930s, Joe Werner scored a series of recording sessions with both RCA Bluebird and Decca Records.  Joe Werner and the Ramblers, Joe's Acadians and the Thibodeaux Boys were Hackberry Rambler spin-offs, led by Joe himself, recording as often as he could with whomever he could find to play with at the time.  While the identity of these men, T.C Thibodeaux and Erby Thibodeaux, are fairly obscure, they produced a small sliver of Cajun-based string band tunes during the 1930s. 

Ça merit’ tourne à toi,
Ma petite chére est là,
Ma petite belle, ma petite belle est là.

Oh ouais, jouez donc pour moi,
Ma petite, ooh la-la,
Ma petite belle, ma petite belle est là. Oh, chére.

Oh, braillez pas pour moi,
Ma petite chère amie,
Ma petite chère, ma petite chère amie.

Ça merite tourner à toi,
Ma petite chère qu’est là,
Ma petite belle, ma petite belle est là.

Oh, jouez donc pour moi,
Ma petite chère est là,
Ma petite belle, ma petite belle est là.

Oh, braillez pas pour moi,
Ma petite chère amie,
Ma petite chère, ma petite chère amie.
Crowley Daily Signal
Mar 12 1949

The song "Ma Petite Chere Ami" (#2043), recorded for Bluebird in 1938, is a typical Texas influenced string band recording played in the dance halls of south Louisiana. Joe Werner's vocals and his harmonica backed up Erby Thibodeaux on fiddle and T.C. Thibodeaux on guitar.  Erby (sometimes spelled Irby) would eventually form his own band with fourteen year old Julius "Papa Cairo" Lamperez, known as the Daylight Creepers.   A young J.D. Miller, who would later create Feature Records, would fill in on guitar.
You're worth returning to,
My little darling is there,
My little beauty, my little beauty is there.

Oh yeh, playful with me,
My little ooh-la-la,
My little beauty, my little beauty is there.  Oh dear!

Oh, don't cry out for me,
My dear friend,
My dear little one, my dear little one is there.

You're worth returning to,
My dear little one is there,
My little beauty, my little beauty is there.

Oh, playful with me,
My little darling is there,
My little beauty, my little beauty is there.  Oh dear!

Oh, don't cry out for me,
My dear friend,
My dear little one, my dear little one is there.

Erby would later form the Round-Up Boys of Crowley in the 1940s, playing in small clubs such as the Beacon Club.   By 1952, he started Erby Thibodeaux Electrical company.





Release Info:
BS-022010-1 La Manvais Femme | Bluebird B-2043-A
BS-022011-1 Ma Petite Chere Ami | Bluebird B-2043-B

Find:
CAJUN-Rare & Authentic (JSP, 2008)

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