La Bolduc's lyrics & chords

Mary Rose-Anna Travers, born June 4, 1894 in Newport in the Gaspé region of Quebec, Canada – died February 21, 1941, was a French-Canadian singer best known as La Bolduc. Born in the Gaspé, she was the eldest of twelve children. The daughter of an Irish immigrant, Lawrence Travers, and a French-Canadian mother, Adeline Cyr, she moved with her family to Montreal in 1907. Mary and her eleven siblings spoke English at home, but also spoke French fluently. In 1914, she married Édouard Bolduc. A self-taught musician, she began her professiona...read more