The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #34061   Message #3467134
Posted By: Brian Peters
16-Jan-13 - 02:31 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Van Diemen's Land
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Van Diemen's Land
I've just made a recording of this song, based on the version sung by Henry Burstow of Horsham in 1902, for the forthcoming CD of material from the New Penguin Book of English Folk Songs.

Burstow's lyrics follow very closely the broadside pasted above by 'Q', and his tune is a particularly good one. The book also includes some interesting historical background about the possible real-life story behind the words.