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Thread #96699   Message #1893409
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
25-Nov-06 - 03:28 PM
Thread Name: Chord Req: Virginia
Subject: RE: Chord Req: Virginia
Many songs called Virginia.
I echo the request by Barry Finn.

The cane was the authority symbol of the ship's Captain as pointed out in thread 41994, Lads of Virginia; not a whip (Carthy and some other recent versions).
Transportation to Virginia ceased with the American Revolution; the Australian versions are welcome.

Are any Australian (or perhaps Van Dieman's Land) versions from the 19th c? None seems to have been found.