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Thread #41448   Message #598363
Posted By: GUEST,Noreen hard at work
27-Nov-01 - 06:33 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Illy Ally-O - East Indiaman (Tom Lewis)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Illy Ally-0
Joe, the one you have linked to is the big ship sails on the alley-alley-o which is a different song entirely, and a childrens' playground rhyme.

Chanteyranger wanted the one found by Sorcha, The East Indiaman which was written by Tom Lewis, presumably taking the related words from the older rhyme, as Jude says.

Noreen