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Thread #51212 Message #2899291
Posted By: Artful Codger
03-May-10 - 03:40 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Songs by Harry Clifton (1832-1872)
Subject: RE: Help: Harry Clifton Songwriter
The National Library of Australia has fifteen entries for Clifton songs, though there is only an online scan of "On Board of the Kangaroo". They are:
As welcome as the flowers in May, or, The jolly miller The adventures of Robinson Crusoe It's not the miles we travel, but the pace that kills Jones' Musical Party Jemima Brown On board of the Kangaroo Paddle your own canoe [2 entries] Pulling hard against the stream Purely a matter of taste Put the break on when you're going down the hill True blue and seventy-two Up a tree Very suspicious [2 entries]
The majority of these songs have not been mentioned in the various threads on Clifton. I'm sure we'd appreciate transcriptions of the lyrics and dots. I'd be happy to transcribe melodies to ABC if someone provided me with scans.