Was the recording contemporary or vintage? Do you know for sure that he was Cajun? Charlie Poole recorded it in the twenties with his sort of shaky voice but no drums.

BTW, I read recently that this was a popular song around the turn of the century. It was, supposedly, written to commemorate a goat who lived in the alleys of Chicago. He had become a pet of the red light district, fed leftovers from restaurants and ignored by the law. One day he saw a herd of sheep being led to the slaughterhouse and joined them thinking they were going to a party. "He rambled till the butchers cut him down." Anyway, that's what I read.