André-Thaddée Bourque

Canadian (Acadian) priest, missionary, author, and composer born July 27, 1854, in Beaumont Memramcook, NB. and died June 28, 1914, in Moncton, NB. He is best known for his songs and his book "Chez Les Anciens Acadiens, Causeries Du Grand-Père Antoine" (1911). He is suspected to have been the composer of the famous French-Canadian song "Partons la mer est belle".