Tune Req: Anybody know these tunes? Maybe French?

Subject: Tune Req: Anybody know these tunes? Maybe French?
From: GUEST,clueless_zanfona
Date: 24 Mar 26 - 06:14 AM

Hello friends, I have here three short tunes that I'm trying to figure out what they are? My friend said that he thinks the first one is a French tune that he heard as a child but could not recall the name of it. Any help in identifying these would be appreciated.

https://voca.ro/18qdmYavPlA9

https://voca.ro/1cVis2UfRgnW

https://voca.ro/1aB1Sq2qr2yL

Subject: RE: Tune Req: Anybody know these tunes? Maybe French?
From: Black belt caterpillar wrestler
Date: 24 Mar 26 - 06:21 AM

Don't know the first one.
Second one starts off similar to "Wheat that springeth green"/"noel nouvelle", but is different.
Third one I think is on a Rosbif album.

Robin

Subject: RE: Tune Req: Anybody know these tunes? Maybe French?
From: Monique
Date: 24 Mar 26 - 06:39 AM

The 2nd one is Joan Petit que dança of Occitan origin, there's a French version of it and even a Catalan one on a different tune.

Subject: RE: Tune Req: Anybody know these tunes? Maybe French?
From: Monique
Date: 24 Mar 26 - 06:54 AM

The 1st one sounds like this gigue dance song that you can hear sung here (Lo curat de la capèla).
The 3rd is a bourrée but I can't recall which one now.
All three songs are Occitan ones from central France.

Subject: RE: Tune Req: Anybody know these tunes? Maybe French?
From: Monique
Date: 24 Mar 26 - 07:23 AM

There's a version of the 3rd one with a different tempo. You can hear it played on this 1978 LP by Del Sauveterre at 6:48. It's called "La preciosa" and on the LP sleeve it reads that it's a bourrée that they treated differently.

Subject: RE: Tune Req: Anybody know these tunes? Maybe French?
From: GUEST,Peter Laban
Date: 24 Mar 26 - 08:31 AM

The first one sounds very familiar. It may be Belgian/Flemish. Possibly a recording by 't Kliekske.

Subject: RE: Tune Req: Anybody know these tunes? Maybe French?
From: GUEST,Jon Harper
Date: 24 Mar 26 - 05:36 PM

First one is "Branle du rat"

Second one is "Jean Petit qui danse"

Don't know the third one but it's probably also a traditional French song

Subject: RE: Tune Req: Anybody know these tunes? Maybe French?
From: GUEST,.gargoyle
Date: 24 Mar 26 - 07:39 PM

A wonderful resource.

It will take some exploring - pure magic.

Sincerely,
Gargoyle

THANK YOU ! ! !

Subject: RE: Tune Req: Anybody know these tunes? Maybe French?
From: GUEST,clueless_zanfona
Date: 25 Mar 26 - 02:11 AM

So one and two are confirmed, but three is still unknown. To my ears that track from the Del Sauveterre album doesn't really sound at all similar.

Subject: RE: Tune Req: Anybody know these tunes? Maybe French?
From: Tattie Bogle
Date: 25 Mar 26 - 05:53 AM

Lovely tunes! As an aside to this, our French friends introduced us to the music of Nadau, also from the Occitane region: fabulous stuff. Lots of recordings on YouTube: amazing atmosphere at his concerts!