Chaîne des Dames/Lady’s Chain*


Key: Am/F

Form:Jig

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MP3: Played by Pascal Gemme

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Source (if known): Pascal Gemme

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Region: Quebec

*Notes: See also Quadrille des Lanciers the 18th century French music from which this tune evolved. Also on that page’s Notes, a very interesting discussion of the history of the quadrille dance form and its evolution into several modern “folk” dances including the contra dance.