The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #71002 Message #1212805
Posted By: Bob Bolton
23-Jun-04 - 08:24 AM
Thread Name: Andy's Gone With Cattle
Subject: RE: Andy's Gone With Cattle
G'day again Franz S,
I've checked my Priscilla Herdman Cassette ... and she does use the 'traditional' tune (as reported by folklorist John Manifold " ... the one I learned as a boy (c. 1930?) and published in the Bandicoot Ballads (c. 1951)". Her version is a little brisker than I'm used to ... maybe a matter of climate? ... and varies in internal rhythms - but pretty well Manifold's 'trad' tune.
That doesn't help you much in identifying the singer ... I guess that, to me, Priscilla doesn't sound "typically American" - her North-east ... verging into Canada accent might be taken as "... not American but may not be English ..." if not exactly: " ...(Irish? Aussie?)".
Nice song anyway - good luck sorting out who sings it on Utah Phillips' program.
JennieG: What tune does your choir use for Andy's Return?. The c. 1966 Bush Music Club LP Songs from Lawson used what was euphemistically described as " ... one of their favourite tunes ... " - The Ball of Kerriemuir!