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Lighter Origins: Gentleman Soldier / The Sentry Box (17) RE: Origins: Gentleman Soldier / The Sentry Box 27 May 17

Of course that should be "was" and "but" (not "as" and "bit") [corrected by Joe] but "whrapt" is the garland misspelling in one instance.

Honoria Galwey's "Old Irish Croonauns" (1910) includes the melody only of "The Sentry-Box." Galwey (1830-1925) collected most of her songs in Innishowen, Co. Donegal, "in childhood." She says that "The Sentry-Box" was "well known in the North of Ireland and among soldiers."

Her tune is an excellent variant of the familiar one, with a little more of "Drumdelgie."

Go here:

http://www.itma.ie/digitallibrary/print-collection/old-irish-croonauns-and-other-tunes

With thanks to ITMA!

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