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Thread #74512 Message #1305079
Posted By: Malcolm Douglas
23-Oct-04 - 05:41 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Death of Nelson
Subject: Tune Add: NELSON'S DEATH (from Roy Palmer)
And here is George Dunn's tune, with his variations, as transcribed by Roy Palmer:
X:1 T:Nelson's Death S:George Dunn, Quarry Bank, Staffordshire. Z:Recorded by Roy Palmer, 7/6/1971. B:Folk Music Journal, EFDSS, II, 4, 1973, 277-8. L:1/8 Q:1/4=100 M:4/4 K:D A, A,|D3 E "(a)" F E A,2|(D2E2) F2 B2|A2 G2 F2 E2|D6 (FG)| w:On the twen-ty first of Oc-to_ber, be-fore the ris-ing sun, We_ A3 A B3 B|"(b)" A2 A3/2 F/ G2 F2|E2 D2 C2 D2|A,6 (FG)| w:formed a line for act-ion, my boys, at twelve o' clock be-gun. Brave_ A2 A2 (AB) A2|G2 G2 G3 E|F2 D2 "(c)" A2 F2|(ED) (CB,) (A,B,) (CA,)| w:Nel-son to_ his men did say, "The Lord will pros-per us_ this_ day._ Give_ D3 E F2 D2|G2 A2 HB2 (AG)|F3 D E3 C|D6|] w:them the broad-side, fire a-way, on_ board the man o' war." L:1/8 Q:1/4=100 M:4/4 K:D "(a) verses 2 & 3" A,2|D3 F E2| L:1/8 Q:1/4=100 M:4/4 K:D "(b) verse 2" G4 F2 E2|F2 A2 G2 F2|E6 L:1/8 Q:1/4=100 M:4/4 K:D "(c)" A3 F|