Tit Galop Pour Mamou

"Tit Galop Pour Mamou" (English: either "Canter to Mamou" or "Giddy-Yap to Mamou") is a Cajun folk song with words and music by Dewey Balfa. The song’s narrator tells of a trip to the Louisiana town of Mamou, where he sells his mule and wagon for 15 cents to buy candies for children and sugar and coffee for older people. [ [http://books.google.com/books?id=Sa1adrwVHfgC&pg=PA51&lpg=PA51&dq=%22tit+galop+pour+mamou%22&source=web&ots=9CJ4GljxYK&sig=0IAtdvbZN2JzFko0xWEzcg8u5WA&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=2&ct=result “From Sea to Shining Sea” by Amy L. Cohn and Molly Bang, Google Books] ] [ [http://www.ket.org/education/guides/oldmusic17-22.pdf “Old Music for New Ears,” The Kentucky Network] ] A recording of the song by Mamou Master was used on the soundtrack of the 1991 film Scorchers. [ [http://cinema.theiapolis.com/movie-06XS/scorchers/ “Scorchers,” Theiapolis Cinema] ] The song was also recorded as the title cut of a 1992 album by Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys. [ [http://www.amazon.com/Galop-Mamou-Steve-Riley-Playboys/dp/B0000003CU “Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys: Tit Galop Pour Mamou,” Amazon.com] ]

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