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Written as a commission for a descendant of Jean Baptiste Baham, a Frenchman from Aquitane who was eventually known as Jean Cuan dit Gentil after taking oath of allegiance to the British upon his arrival in Mobile, Alabama, this song recounts the story of the founder of “La Coquille” (Madisonville, Louisiana) a town nestled at the mouth of the “Bayou Chiffantay” (Tchefuncte River) and Lake Pontchartrain.
In doing the research to write this historical tale of the voyage of a Frenchman, who pled allegiance to Britain upon arriving in the new world, and who eventually founded a town in Louisiana on the 10,000 arpent Spanish Land Grant, I found another story line, and so began a whole nother song, ‘Le Cas de Marguerite’.
Jean Cuan married Francoise, a French Creole born on Dauphin Island, who’s mother died when she was young. Her father, Joseph, soon remarried with Marguerite, the slave he and his late wife had purchased to help raise their family. Le Cas de Marguerite came up in the research, and eventually “In the early 1980's, a Louisiana court case made headlines when a woman sued the State of Louisiana to have herself declared to be of the white race, questioning a state law which required her to be registered as "colored" because her descent included 1/32 Negro blood. This woman was a direct descendant of Joséph-Pierre Grégoire, and his slave, Marguerite (Spanish = Margarita). This 20th century court case brought to light long buried details of a 200-year-old court case that has become known as "The Margarita Case." “
lyrics
Né dans L’Aquitane
Le fils de Pierre
Il a quitter la France
Pour traverses la mer
A l’Alabama
dans la poste de Mobile
Il a prété serment
Jean Cuan dit Gentil
Il a marier la belle
Francoise Guillory
Un Creole Francaise
Ne sur l’sile de Dauphine
La mere de Francoise
Mort quand elle etait petite
Son pere remarier
Le Cas de Marguerite
Jean dit Gentil
A demenager
Sur milles arpent
A la Chifentay
Avec ses enfants
Francoise et Gentil
Passer une belle vie
A la Coquille
Born in the Aquitane
The son of Pierre
He left France
To cross the sea
In Alabama
At the Mobile Post
He swore allegiance
Jean Cuan dit Gentil
He married the beautiful
Francoise Guillory
A French Creole
Born on Dauphine Island
Francoise’s mother died
When she was young
Her father remarried
The Marguerite Case
Jean dit Gentil
Moved the family
Onto a thousand arpents
On the Tchefuncte
With their children
Francoise and Gentil
Lived a beautiful life
In La Coquille (Madisonville)
credits
from Rêve du Troubadour,
released September 22, 2023
Music and lyrics by Louis Michot
Louis Michot – vocals, electric guitar
Waves at Grand Isle recorded by Louis Michot, Grand Isle, Louisiana, July 2021
Engineered by Louis Michot
Louis Michot, most recognized as fiddle player and lead singer for Grammy award winning Lost Bayou Ramblers, channels his
passion for local folklore, sustainability, Louisiana’s rapidly eroding coastline into a new solo creative expression, Rêve du Troubadour.
Rêve du Troubadour is an epic feast of Francophone songwriting, specific to Louisiana, inspired by one man’s wild, fantastical dreams....more
supported by 28 fans who also own “Jean Cuan dit Gentil”
The is the real electric hoodoo here. I am of the belief that you can't make make this music proper unless you're raised up in all the tradition. This is all the way right! veenstar
The 4 tracks (and 2 remixes) on this EP reflect the host of global sounds David Walters has spent a lifetime absorbing, set to brisk beats. Bandcamp New & Notable Aug 7, 2022
