Note -  Since the publishing of this podcast, historian Éva Guillorel from the University of Rennes in France has done significant research into the origins of “La Complainte de Louisbourg.” She has uncovered evidence that this Acadian folksong is based on an older French song written about one of the sieges of Philippsburg. Her findings were published in the Spring 2022 edition of the journal Acadiensis and updates some of the information found in this episode.The second part of episode 2 analyzes the lyrics of “Louisbourg’s Lament” in order to see how it holds up against the historical record of the fall of Louisbourg in 1745. Special thanks to Robert Deveaux, folklorist and song keeper from Chéticamp, for supplying much of the information regarding “La complainte de Louisbourg”SHOW NOTES: MUSICAL CREDITS:-- “Malvina” - recorded by Robert DeveauxVIDEO CREDITS: -- "Louisbourg Under Siege", National Film Board of CanadaPHOTO CREDITS:-- Lewis Parker, artist-- “Plan de Philisbourg, 1750”, Bibliothèque Nationale de France GallicaSOURCES: 1.Conrad Laforte, La catalogue de la chanson folklorique française, vol 6. Presses Université Laval, 1983 p. 409-423 2. Ægidius Fauteux, Les Du Ponts de l’Acadie. Bulletin des Recherches Historiques, August and September 1940 3. George M. Wrong, M.A., Lettre d’un Habitant de Louisbourg, Warwick Bro’s & Rutter, 1897