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A. A. DESCHÊNES. French-Canadian. A traditional tune in the repertoire of Idilon Mimeault, father of fiddler Yvon Mimeault (b. 1928, Mont-Louis, Gaspé). It bears the name of André Albert Deschênes, a violin-maker originally from Les Hauteurs (near Rimouski), who assisted a grateful Yvon in recalling it to memory. Yvon Mimeault – “Y’ était temps!/It’s About Time.”

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