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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|