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Thread #127507 Message #2689398
Posted By: Artful Codger
29-Jul-09 - 03:39 AM
Thread Name: Origins: Sussex Drinking Song (Hilaire Belloc)
Subject: Tune Add: [SUSSEX] DRINKING SONG (Hillaire Belloc)
In The Four Men Belloc also provides a tune for the [Sussex] "Drinking Song":
X:1
T:Drinking Song
C:Hilaire Belloc
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:F
c|F2F F2G|A2A A2F|A2G A2B|c2c c2c|d2d f2d|1 c2A F2G|Acc (cB)A|G3 z3 :|
|2 c2A F2A|GGF F2G|F2G A2F|G2A B2G|A2B Hc2A| GFF F2F|F3 F3|]
In Verses Belloc also wrote a "Drinking Song" and a "Drinking Dirge". I imagine he included even more in other works.