John and Alan Lomax in Louisiana, 1934
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This song references Basile, Louisiana, home of D.I.'s Cajun restaurant, pictured below. 
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"Grand Mamou" is a more famous near relative of this song, and both were popular in both the Cajun and zydeco repertoire, as evidenced below by Queen Ida's version: