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Thread #72640 Message #1257054
Posted By: Bob Bolton
25-Aug-04 - 11:45 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Scott's 'Can't You Dance the Polka?'
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Scott's 'Can't You Dance the Polka?'
G'day Lighter,
It was more in the matter of the words (which are in this thread) than the tune (which is not) that I was suggesting there had been borrowing.
Of course, just because the shanty Scott sang in 1929 may have borrowed from an 1887 popular song does not mean that the original shanty did - Shanties were always open to improvisation. We can only deal with the information at hand ... all the rest is guesswork.