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Thread #46131   Message #1207881
Posted By: JohnInKansas
15-Jun-04 - 01:38 PM
Thread Name: 'Unprintable Songs' (Randolph/Legman)
Subject: RE: 'Unprintable Songs'
The 2d ed. of Ed Cray moves it to page 62 and retitles. In 1st ed. it was just The Foggy Dew but in the 2d he remarks that he's now called it The Foggy, Foggy Dew to distinguish it from the "Irish lyric that travels under the name of the Foggy Dew." He gives references for the "Irish lyric" but no lyrics for comparison.

The tune Cray shows is in 3/4 time, and although it suggests the Burl Ives version (which I think was in 4/4?) it appears to be somewhat "modal." The lyrics don't look significantly different from performances I think I remember. A quick scan of the lyrics bombed out in OCR, so a retype will be needed - or a rescan; and like Jerry, I'll beg off for now, but maybe later.

John