Show claim cakewalk Is french the french have haie found a reason for the popularity 0 of f the cakewalk in pans paris the thing Is french 0 on of the negroes at the nouveau cirque I 1 in n er ervle viewed wed by a paris paper say ha tho the origin of the dance was fi ciaci aali according to this latest account some of the french refugees from the court of marie antoinette introduced the minuet into new orleans about the time of the revolution and it was the native imitation of the most fashion able dance in europe that was after vard developed into the cakewalk |