"Continuez De Sonner" - Clifford Breaux

After the Breaux's recorded "Ma Blonde Est Partie" in 1929 (which i covered earlier), they would head to Dallas, TX in 1937 for their last recording session ever where Clifford would record 2 songs accompanied by his sister Cleoma for Decca. One of these would be a Cajun french take on the song "Keep A Knocking But You Can't Come In" called "Continuez de Sonner" (#17043). 

Moi, j'sus la ayou tu peux pas rentrer

Moi, j'sus la ayou tu peux pas rentrer

Moi, J'ai un cadenas sur la porte en avant

Moi, j'sus la ayou tu peux pas rentrer

Toi, tu la cogner mais tu peux pas rentrer

Toi, tu la cogner mais tu peux pas rentrer

Moi j'ai un cadenas sur las porte en arriere

Toi, tu la cogner mais tu peux pas rentrer

(Oh boy!)

Moi, j'sus la ayou tu peux pas rentrer

Moi, j'sus la ayou tu peux pas rentrer

Moi, j'connais t'aime ton pauvre vieux nègre

Non, tu peux pas rentrer

Clifford sings jazz-like scat with a raw, lazy charm along with his swinging fiddle solos. It's the only known Cajun song with a scat style incorporated (that I know of). The first recording of this song seems to be the James "Boodle It" Wiggins version done on Paramount in 1928. This shows some of the influence jazz and blues had on early Cajun music.  Between 1953 and 1954, Nathan Abshire records the same tune but calls it "Tee Per Coine". 

Clifford Breaux and Joe Falcon

I'm in a place where you can't come in

I'm in a place where you can't come in

I already put a lock on the door

I'm in a place where you can't come in

You keep a knocking but you can't come in

You keep a knocking but you can't come in

I have a lock on the back door

You keep a knocking but you can't come in

(Oh boy!)

I'm in a place where you can't come in

I'm in a place where you can't come in

I know you love your little boy

No, you can't come in

Clifford would go on to play with Joe Falcon and his band well into the 1960s and by all accounts, he was actually a much better musician all around.

1. http://www.allmusic.com/album/cajun-string-bands-1930s-cajun-breakdown-mw0000031115
2. http://npmusic.org/artists.html
3. Lyrics by N Pomea

Find:

Cajun String Bands 1930's: Cajun Breakdown (Arhoolie, 1997)