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Bolduc often used the technique of the enumerative song, which lists something such as foods or tasks.

This technique was traditional in French-Canadian folk songs, derived from similar French traditions.

Bolduc also employed the traditional French folk song style of the dialogue song, usually a duet with a man, where the song is a conversation or debate between the man and the woman.

One such song was Mademoiselle, dites-moi donc, which she recorded with Ovila Légaré and featured the two of them bantering and flirting comedicly.

She often wrote in the style derived from traditional English broadside ballads, which tell current news to the tunes of traditional songs.

One such song by Bolduc is La chanson du bavard, which notably employs an introduction inviting the listener to hear a tale, as is common in broadside ballads.

Other topical ballads by Bolduc include Les Américains about Americans coming to Montreal during Prohibition to obtain liquor and the unrecorded Si je pouvais tenir Hitler, which she wrote a few days after the outbreak of World War II.