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Gibb Sahib Origins: Valparaiso / Paddy Lay Back (58* d) RE: Origins: Valparaiso / Paddy Lay Back 18 Aug 23


I feel comfortable supposing that the article "On Shanties," in an August 1868 issue of _Once a Week_, refers to this song.

It reads,

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There is an air of romance about California, the Brazils, and Mexico, that has a peculiar charm for Jack, and has made them the subject of many a favourite shanty, as _Rio Grande, Valparaiso, Round the Horn,_ and _Santa Anna._
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I interpret that to be a list of *three* titles, the second of which is "Valparaiso, Round the Horn." (This is the same author who presumably meant ~"Oh Shenandoah" when they wrote "Oceanida." That is, title formatting is iffy.)

I have not done so, but would not be surprised if, with some tweaking of words and armchair searching, one could produce a candidate for a music hall-ish song borrowed by sailors. The searching would be improved with good knowledge of when jokey Irish-themed minstrel-ish comic songs, like "Paddy on the Railway," were first in vogue on the stage.


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