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GUEST,John Garst	Origins: Red River Valley, Gaelic? (107* d)	RE: Origins: Red River Valley, Gaelic?	03 Aug 05
Q wrote >I can't convince myself that any similarity between "Red River >Valley" and the Peacock-Flamman "We Will Walk in the Streets >of the City" is more than coincidental. When sung, the two are >different. Wow! It is obvious to me that they are the "same" tune. There are minor variations, of course. >Can't find Taylor's or French's "Golden City." Marshall W. Taylor, Revival Hymns and Plantation Melodies, Cincinnati: Marshall W. Taylor and W. C. Echols, 1882, pp 50-51. The Golden Sheaf (enlarged edition), Boston: Advent Christian Publication Society, 1902, p 51. >Also can't seem to find a New Orleans band version. Found on the WWW: Bunk Johnson We will Walk Through The Streets of the City 1961 - Humphrey, Percy - We Shall Walk Through the Streets of the City - Riverside - Crescent City Joy Makers FW02856 Doc Paulin's Marching Band Record Label: Folkways Records 201 - We Shall Walk Through the Streets of the City - Dirge 202 - We Shall Walk Through the Streets of the City - March From WWW sources, I estimate that there have been around 60 jazz recordings of "We Will/Shall Walk through the Streets of the City."

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