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Thread #51568   Message #786537
Posted By: IanC
18-Sep-02 - 07:08 AM
Thread Name: And Another Alphabet Quiz
Subject: RE: BS: And Another Alphabet Quiz
Good work so far ...

A - ??
B - ??
C - The Cuckoo
D - Drink Old England Dry
E - ??
F - ??
G - Great Silkie of Sule Skerry
H -
I - Irish Rover
J - ??
K - ??
L - Lyke Wake Dirge
M - Maids When You're Young
N - ??
O - ??
P - Prickly Bush
Q - The Quaker's Wife
R - Rosin The Beau
S - ??
T - Twa Corbies
U - Ups and Downs (Aylesbury Girl)
V - ??
W - Worried Man Blues
X - ??
Y - ??
Z - Zulu Warrior (not in DT)

Notes for Irish Rover:
Fred E.Weatherley,1848-1929 was an English High Court Judge, Poet and Lawyer who wrote the original song Danny Boy. He also seems to have written "The Irish Rover" as well, at least I have seen it attributed to him, though I haven't yet been able to confirm this definitively. I'm going down to the British Library on Friday to check this if someone can't give it to me definitively before that.

All I can say is it wouldn't surprise me. He was enormously prolific and, though he was an amateur, he made a small fortune for "Roses of Picardy".

:-)
Ian