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Thread #125526 Message #2786351
Posted By: Steve Gardham
11-Dec-09 - 03:18 PM
Thread Name: Songs about or from Bolton
Subject: RE: Songs about or from Bolton
Among my sheet music is 'The Same Old Game' written by JBG and the litho on the front is of Sam Torr in character. An American folk song book describes him as an 'American Comedian' so did he emigrate at some point? Here's a list of what I've found by JBG, mostly just titles I'm afraid but a lot are on broadsides.
Benjamin and Maria or The Sheffield Hoax Better late than never Brigham Young Black Diamond Bread and Cheese and Ale Cockles and Mussels (Not the famous one),1876 (got this one) Down in a Coal Mine, 1872 (got p-copy) England is England still, 1886 The Fox and the Hare (They all have a Mate but me) The Frenchman, 1878 Glossop Road (BS copy in Sheffield Univ.) A Hundred Years Ago It's a Way we have in the Army It's really a dreadful affair I am a merry little man John Barleycorn is a Hero Bold (got) Johnny I hardly knew you The Lancashire Witches Lines on the Flood Marigold The Merriest Man in the Company The Men of Merry England A Message from the Sea Napoleon talks of war boys ( I can hardly believe this one) Old Adam was Father of all (Sung by Sam Torr) Pat works on the Railway, 1854 Queen of Merry England Rock the Cradle John Roger Ruff or a Drop of Good Beer, 1860 The Same Old Game (got) Sons of Old John Bull Ten Thousand Miles Away (got) The Toilers of the Sea The Waggoner Wasn't she a Beauty
Most of these are either off the backs of other sheets or from Kilgarriff.