ON THE TRAIL OF NEGRO FOLK-SONGS

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	DANCE-SONGS OR REELS                       121 Aurore Pradere is also a well-known counjaille song, Cable says. AURORE PRADfiRE
	ca ye dit—Sia! MobinfoubinlCestli mo ou-16, C'est li ma prend. The English version goes: Aurore Pradere, pretty maid, Aurore Pradere, pretty maid, Aurore Pradere, pretty maid, She's just what I want, and her I'll have. Solo. Some folks says she's too pretty quite; Some folks says she's not polite; All this they say — Psha-a-ah! More fool am I! For she's what I want and her I'll have. Chorus Aurore Pradere, pretty maid, Aurore Pradere, pretty maid, Aurore Pradere, pretty maid, She's just what I want and her I'll have. Solo. Some say she's going to the bad, Some say her mamma went mad; All this they say — Psha-a-ah! More fool am II For she's what I want and her I'll have. There was also the calinda, an indecent dance, which was for­bidden in Louisiana after 1843, tradition says.