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Tradsinger	Origins: Oh Where Is King George-Padstow May Song (36)	RE: Origins: Oh where is king george/john?	23 Apr 18
Interesting to see a US perspective on the song. We tend not to sing the song over here in the UK (although I have heard it occasionally in a folk club) as many consider it proper to leave it to the good folks of Padstow to sing it, Incidentally, many years ago, talking to Charlie Bate, he told me 2 variations: one was that on the phrase 'and let us all unite', he would sing G G G F# G rather that the usual G G G F# E. I think everyone sings the latter these days. He also sang the short verse 'All out of your beds...' and said that this often caused a disruption of rhythm when the red and blue teams got together. Does anyone have any views on this? Tradsinger

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