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Thread #48959   Message #3200559
Posted By: Gibb Sahib
02-Aug-11 - 08:09 PM
Thread Name: South Australia:What the hell's a 'Rolling King'?
Subject: RE: What the hell's a 'Rolling King'?
Carpenter Collection:

Reece Baldwyn of Wales (sea service dates 1879-1908) sang 2 stanzas in 1929, starting,

Have you seen my bowery queen?

This was issued on Folktrax.

J.S. Scott of London (sailed 1863-?) sang 6 stanzas in 1929, starting

Don't you hear what the Captain say

For those who heard either recording: are they discernible? Can you comment on the tunes -- perhaps specifically on their emphases?