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User Name | Thread Name | Subject | Posted |
GUEST,Karen Heath | Help: The Unfortunate Rake (116* d) | RE: Help: The Unfortunate Rake | 17 Jun 18 |
I think that the song called The Unfortunate Rake usually turns out to be a version that in my opinion is a composite written by Bert Lloyd. It is based largely on a 19th century broadside published by Such of London, with a tune taken from an Irish fragment heard in Cork, and bits of lyrics lifted from articles in the old English Folk Dance/Folk Dance and Song society journals of the early 20th century, and one or two other sources. |