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1. Vive la compagnie
   from a version recorded by Pierre Daigneault
   
   
2. Quand j’ai commencé à voyager
   learned from our father, Gérard Ouimet, who had learned it from his father, Médéric
   
   
3. Le Curé de Terrebonne
   
   
4. La Chanson du cinquante cennes
   learned from our uncle, Albert Gagné
   
   
5. Le Pénitent et l’ivrogne
   Family song was completed from the printed version in Folksongs of French Canada
   
   
6. Le Petit Mari
   Learned from our mother, Lucille Gagné/Ouimet who learned it from her uncle, Ernest Thériault
   
   
7. Papillon, tu es volage
   Sung by our grandmother, Bertha Gagné
   
   
8. La Chanson remplie de mensonges
   learned from our father
   
   

1. Dedans Lyon
   learned from our mother who had learned it from her uncle, Siméon Beaudin
   
   
2. Derrière chez nous, y’a champ de pois
   learned from our uncle, Armand Gagné
   
   
3. Le Diable est descendu des enfers
   learned from our great uncle, Stanislas Beaudin
   
   
4. Las Destinée, la rose au bois
   
   
5. M’en revenant de guerre
   learned from our uncle, Lucien Gagné
   
   
6. Le Pâté ni poivré ni salé
   learned from our mother who learned it from her father, Emilien Gagné
   
   
7. Le Départ pour la guerre
   from our mother who learned it from her father
   
   
8. Vive la compagnie
   
   

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