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Thread #24391   Message #283690
Posted By: Snuffy
23-Aug-00 - 10:23 PM
Thread Name: Tune Add: missing tunes wanted - Part II
Subject: RE: Tune Add: missing tunes wanted - Part II
1325 GLORIOUS ICE - see The Hippopotamus Song (tunefile [GLORIMUD)

1427 HABEN A BOO AND A BANNER - see Botany Bay 2 (tunefile [BOTBAY2) or Dick Darby The Cobbler (tunefile [DICKDARB) or 1050 Fagan the Cobbler (Alan's Midi Pages)

1460 THE HARP WITHOUT A CROWN - see The Bonny Blue Flag (tunefile [BONBLUE)

1499 HELP! - I reproduce the "Song" below. If anyone can find a tune to this, they deserve a medal! - and a tiple! - and a snog!
This is a general compilation of what folks are looking for that we haven't been able to find yet. If anyone can provide any information about any of these items, PLEASE send them in!

Lee Hoffman is looking for a minstrel show song, "The Hamfat Man"

Sue West is looking for all the words to all the versions of all the Child ballads.

Walter Johnson is looking for an American Revolution song thet begins: "Come all you young fellows with hearts that beat high"

If you have answers, send them in. If you have questions, send them in, too.

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1538 HIGHLANDS OF HEAVEN - see Wild Mountain Thyme (tunefile [WILDMTHY)

1556 HIROSHIMA - see Great Silkie (tunefile [SILKIE1)

1567 HOME FIRTH ANTHEM - this appears to be a (mis-spelled) duplication of Holmfirth Anthem (tunefile [HOLMFRTH - no words appear in the Songwright tune)

1579 HOO CAN I KEEP MY MAIDENHEID see How Can I Keep My Maidenhead (tunefile [HOWKEEP)

1602 THE HUMORS OF WHISKEY - see The Humours of Whiskey (tunefile [HUMWHISK) (US and UK spellings)

1617 HYMN - any tune in Common Meter (8,6,8,6) will fit - and there are hundreds. Among the better-known are Crimond (The Lord's My Shepherd), Winchester Old (While Shepherds Watched), and St Anne (O God Our Help In Ages Past).

Wassail! V