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Trinquez, Trinquez is a choral arrangement of three Cajun folk songs: Ma Chère Bassette, Mes Petits Yeux Noirs, and Trinquez, Trinquez. The melody of each song is, for the most part, kept intact. The chords, however, are often changed.

Ma Chère Bassette (My Dear Little Woman) and Mes Petits Yeux Noirs (My Little Black Eyes) are both concerned with the plaints of broken-hearted lovers. Trinquez, Trinquez (Toast, Toast), on the other hand, is a Christmas drinking song as remembered by the great Creole fiddler Canray Fontenot.