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Thread #29790   Message #379618
Posted By: IanC
22-Jan-01 - 12:37 PM
Thread Name: Help: Song sung to 'Black Velvet Band' Tune
Subject: RE: Help: Song sung to 'Black Velvet Band' Tune
Don't know any other songs currently sung to this tune except parodies. However, the original tune is called "Tars of the Blanche" and appears to have been written as part of an opera in 1795.

The tune was obviously well known by this name, as the earliest versions of the BvB broadsides just say "Tune: Tars of the Blanche".

More info about the tune in this thread : Lyr Req: Old versions of Black Velvet Band

Cheers!
Ian