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Thread #169128   Message #4087376
Posted By: GUEST,Julia L
10-Jan-21 - 09:50 AM
Thread Name: Origins: The Nightingale (Bonny, Bonny)
Subject: RE: Origins: The Nightingale (Bonny, Bonny)
You're welcome.

Just a couple of notes:

The recordings are often not clear and are difficult to decipher.AS such some words are indistinct. The singers were sometimes recorded more than once and each recording might include variations on lyrics and melody. Given this, I sought alternate more stable versions to "mend" the songs.   

The singer pronounces word "wind" as "weind" so is written as "wynd"

Regarding the note in the last verse,it is a comparison with the Forget-me-not Songster

Just FYI, the tune here is a variation on the classic "Female Smuggler". The originals can be heard at archive.org