The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #2727 Message #806678
Posted By: Malcolm Douglas
19-Oct-02 - 11:35 AM
Thread Name: Add/Origins: Au Claire de la Lune
Subject: RE: Au claire de lune? is that right?
Henri Davenson (Le Livre des Chansons, 1955) dismisses both the attribution of the words to Beffroy de Reigny and of the tune to Lully, and adds:
"Coirault tells us that this is a contredanse tune, which appeared around 1775-1780 and was known to begin with as La Rémouleuse (later Air du Gagne-petit or En roulant ma brouette."