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GUEST,guest -headey Lyr Req/Add: The Rosemary (Pete Dodds) (17) RE: Lyr Req/Add: The Rosemary (Pete Dodds) 04 Jun 14

Presume this is the Colin Wilkie tune, I didn't find the original in my
quick google www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCsQfSwf9Us
The 1976 BBC "Canal Children" used the same melody www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oXlC24prOA but 'credited to/arr by' accordionist Jack Emblow. His version sounds more melancholic to me.

The line "polished the beam" -should be "polished the brass"
www.waterwaysongs.co.uk/rosemary.htm
Probably badly copied from handwriting...
'r' became 'e'
'ss' became 'm'

Thanks DB, those two verses make the song complete for me.
Still can't bring myself to sing "Fol-de-rol, fol-de-ri-do" though.:)

And here is a Bolinder under an echoey bridge
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GO-LJVYqsto

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