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Thread #11594   Message #87021
Posted By: Barry Finn
15-Jun-99 - 10:28 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Frankie's Trade (Rudyard Kipling)
Subject: Lyr Req; Kipling's Frankie's Trade
Heard this over the weekend at Mystic. Peter Bellamy put music to Kipling's Frankie's Trade. It seems that Frankie was taught the ropes of being a sailor by taking all that the North Sea dished out at him. The chorus seems to go something like (1st part) All Along The Sand & (2nd part) All Along The Shore & maybe it ends with a line like All Around The Horn. There's also a line line He Ran Me Down With A Three Reefed Sail & He Ran Me Down With Canvas Full. It was credited to Kipling but I went to a number of Kipling sites & couldn't find anything. Thanks, Barry