Here is a fiddle tune I learned from Magdelan Island fiddler Avila LeBlanc (1914-2010). This is one of several tunes which Avila classified as “rabestans” (my spelling), a type of of dance tune composed of short strains with a set of associated lyrics (generally just a couplet or two). A good singer, by combining the sung verse with lilting, could fill in for a fiddler when people wanted to dance and no musicians were present.

The words to “Le petit métier” (sung to the first part of the tune) are:

Si j’avais c’que j’ai pas,
Un métier pour fair’ d’la toile,
Si j’avais c’que j’ai pas,
Un métier pour fair’ du drap.