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Thread #3809 Message #2421555
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
24-Aug-08 - 11:05 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Sailing (sailing over the bounding main)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Sailing (Sailing over the Bounding Main)
The song was dropped from the 1898 edition of "Franklin Square Song Collection: Two Hundred ...."
It is printed with words and musical score in "The Academy Song Book," C. H. Levermore, 1895, Ginn & Co., no. 66, pp. 266-267. Tune in 6/8 time.
Correction to text above (23 Aug 08):
Chorus, 2nd line- !, not ?
Verse 2, line 4- his, not he
Verse 3, line 6- and song, not among.