BREAKDOWN LA LOUISIANE (Louisiana Breakdown). Cajun, Waltz. USA, Louisiana. D Major. Standard. AABB(Vocal)AB(Vocal)ABB(Vocal)AB. Raymond Francois (1990) finds related songs to include Dennis McGee's and Sady Courville's "Valse a Kathleen", Carrie "Mignonne" Royer Miller's "Valse des Grands Bois" [1], Shirley Bergeron's "Valse de la Belle," Dennis McGee's and Sady Courville's "Valse de l'Anse Maigre," Will Kegley's "Valse a Will Kegley," Joseph Falcon's "Pocheville" (a mixture of "Tolan Waltz" in the turn, or 'B' part, and "Valse des Grands Bois" in the tune or 'A' part), and "Valse de Crowley." Source for notated version: Walker Brothers (La.) [Francois]. Francois (Yé Yaille Chère!), 1990; pgs. 56-57. Old Timey Records OT-108, The Walker Brothers.
VALSE À KATHLEEN (Kathleen's Waltz). Cajun, Waltz. USA, Louisiana. D Major. Standard. AA(Vocal)ABB(Vocal)ABBAABB. The tune was named for a daughter of Sady Courville, Dennis McGee's longtime musical partner. Related tunes, according to Raymond Francois (1990), are Carrie "Mignonne" Royer Miller's "Valse des Grands Bois" [1] and The Walker Brothers' "La Breakdown la Louisiane." See also "Valse de Crowley," Will Kegley's "Valse a Will Kegley," Shirley Bergeron's "Valse de la Belle," Sady Courville's and Dennis McGee's "Valse de l'Anse Maigre" and Joseph Falcon's "Pocheville" (which is a mixture of "Tolan Waltz" in the 'B' part (turn) and "Valse des Grands Bois" in the 'A', or tune. Source for notated version: fiddler Dennis McGee (La.) [Francois]. Francois (Yé Yaille, Chère!), 1990; pgs. 191-192. Swallow Records SW-6030, Dennis McGee.
VALSE DES GRANDS BOIS [1]. Cajun, Waltz. USA, Louisiana. D Major. Standard. AABB. Francois (1990) had forgotten the words which went with this tune. Related songs include the Walker Brothers' "La Breakdown la Louisiane," Sady Courville's and Dennis McGee's "Valse a Kathleen" and "Valse de l'Anse Maigre," Shirley Bergeron's "Valse de la Belle," Will Kegley's "Valse a Will Kegley," and "Valse de Crowley." Source for notated version: Carrie "Mignonne" Royer Miller (La.) [Francois]. Francois (Yé Yaille, Chère!), 1990; pg. 143. Greenblatt (Cajun Fiddle Book), 1985; pg. 32.