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Thread #26164 Message #318970
Posted By: Snuffy
14-Oct-00 - 06:54 PM
Thread Name: Tune Add: Please Post Tunes Here -2
Subject: RE: Tune Add: Please Post Tunes Here -2
1460 THE HARP WITHOUT A CROWN The DT version says it is from Hugill, but there are minor differences in the words, and one verse (Hugill's #6) missing. The DT entry also says tune Bonny Blue Flag (Low Backed Car) tunefile [BONBLUE, and has been cleared from the missing tunes list. But Hugill himself says:
The tune of the verse is similar to that of the Wearing o' the Green, but the chorus bears a marked resemblance to the American Civil War march The Bonnie Blue Flag.
Here is the tune as given by Hugill X: 163 T:The Gals O' Dublin Town (a) M:2/4 L:1/16 Q:100 S:Stan Hugill B:Shanties from the Seven Seas N:filename [HARPCRN K:C C2D2| E2E2 E2E2|E2G2 G2E2|E2D2 D2E2|D6 GG| A2F2 ccc2|A2G2 E2C2|DDC2 CCD2|C6 G2| c6 c2|B6 GG|A3B (3c2B2A2|G6 G2| c4 c3c |AAG2 E2CC|D3C C3D |C4||