Susan Graham Pepper - Tout Un Beau Soir

7. Tout Un Beau Soir: vocals (in French), gourd banjo. It’s fun to bring in some unexpected traditional American music into this musical collection. From the singing of Elita Hoffpauir, this song traditionally known as “Tout Un Beau Soir En Me Promenant,” was collected by John and Alan Lomax and featured on their album Louisiana Cajun and Creole Music (1934). This narrative features a strong beautiful, young woman who is determined to protect the forest and her sheep from destruction by the hands of a young lumberjack suitor—no matter how many bottles of wine it takes…