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Thread #133302   Message #3025502
Posted By: Little Robyn
06-Nov-10 - 06:40 PM
Thread Name: Tune Req: A Ship Came Sailing (coll. Baring-Gould)
Subject: RE: Tune Req: A Ship Came Sailing (coll. Baring-Gould)
I don't think it's just a reprint - my Dad found it in a box of old books around 1965-67. I didn't like it at first because I thought it was Western, as in cowboy songs and it wasn't until we started singing Daddy Fox and Halanto that I woke up to the treasure it was. It has a hard cover with red paper glued on and water stains that have lifted the colour out. The spine has white cloth with the title embossed in gold (tho' that's nearly gone) and it looks like a bit of rubbish - but it was like that when I got it.
Mitch suggests it could be printed any date up to the 20s or 30s but it is the 1905 edition.
Robyn