Event Title
T.S.S. Richelieu, Sunday, Dinner Menu; "Alouette"
Description
"Alouette!" Sunday, Dinner menu. Canada Steamship Lines. T.S.S. Richelieu. Date of cruise unknown. Web search indicates the T.S.S. Richelieu sailed in the 1950s, which is consistent with the collection as a whole.
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Jan 1st, 12:00 AM
T.S.S. Richelieu, Sunday, Dinner Menu; "Alouette"
"Alouette!" Sunday, Dinner menu. Canada Steamship Lines. T.S.S. Richelieu. Date of cruise unknown. Web search indicates the T.S.S. Richelieu sailed in the 1950s, which is consistent with the collection as a whole.
Comments
ALOUETTE!
"Alouette, gentille alouette ... alouette, je t'y plumerai!" So great is their love of music and their devotion to their old folk songs that when a group of French Canadians get together, it is not long before somebody starts "Alouette." Perhaps the best known of French Canadian chansons, it is noted for its swing and tunefulness and in a typical gathering the leader, dressed in his best homespuns, leads the chanson a repondre (1). With gestures, he singles out the features of alouette, that traditional French Canadian lark, carrying his audience through the various choruses with a "joie de vivre" (2) so typical of the people of Quebec.
1. Roundelay
2. Joy-of living.