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Thread #883   Message #1123640
Posted By: greg stephens
25-Feb-04 - 02:21 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Sailor's Hornpipe
Subject: RE: lyrics to Sailors Hornpipe
GUUST Ben
Re Henry Wood: he didnt actually compose any of the tunes of the sea song bit at the Last night of the Proms; they are all old. He arranged a suite of tunes, and the Sailors Hornpipe is the tune that gets played faster and faster while everybody claps along to try and speed the orchestra. This thread lists a lot of vulgar ditties that has been written to the tune over the years.