Thanks to all for your trouble, but these don't seem to be the one. I had found Joe Offer's on the net, that's definitely not it. The Picard one doesn't look as tho it could fit the meter. The recording is a CD loaned me by a fellow jammer: Canadian Fiddle & Cowboy No.3, 1928-1945; M. C. Productions Vintage Recordings, Copyright 2013, remastering by Mickey Clark, Mfr. by CreateSpace, Charleston, SC, 8-87936-47152-0. It's a collection of 27 folk & cowboy tunes and songs, as originally performed, titles listed, and some commentary on the people who performed the things, but not linking the specific tracks to those performers.

It's in D (according to my harmonica), & goes, so to speak,

Te-tum-ti-tum-ti-TA.            
Te-tum-ti-tum-ti-ta-Nicholas.
Ti-tum-ti-tum-ti-TA,
Ti-tum-ti-tum-ti-ta-Nicholas,
Tiens, tiens tiens, mais c'est ça si bon, (??)
Bon, bon, bon, retirez garcon   (??)
   
(Last 2 lines repeated by the responding crew)

Contains bits about "trop belle", and "elle
portera" and "verra" something in "l'eglise",
but the rest of the verses (4) are a complete
mystery to me. Chorus is just my best guess.
Whether this concerns Nicholas the notorious
cuckolding servant, I have no idea.