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Thread #154980 Message #3643412
Posted By: Steve Gardham
19-Jul-14 - 11:16 AM
Thread Name: Same tunes
Subject: RE: Same tunes
Here's one from Cazden et al. Baffled Knight (in Pills)=Shantyman's Life=Barbara Allen (US)= Andro and his Cutty Gun =The Boyne Water= State of Illinois
Green Grow the Laurels=If I was a Blackbird=The Beautiful Muff
Again Cazden... Young Beichan=Betsy the Servant Maid=Bourbon (shapenote hymn)=Captain's Apprentice
Jimmy McBeath's 'Beggar Wench' sounds very much like the English 'Miller's 3 Sons' to me.
Big ship sails on the illy allyo = If you want to find the sergeant I know where he is = Down in Demarara.
Barnacle Bill the Sailor =Hey ho says Rowley, which also has similarities with the jig Dingle Regatta in places.
One of the common 'Bold Grenadier' tunes has similarities with 'Polly Perkins'