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Thread #29462 Message #1433207
Posted By: Jim Dixon
12-Mar-05 - 03:28 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Rares Hill / Reres Hill / Rare's Hill
Subject: RE: LYRC ADD and ?? - Back of Rare's Hill
Here's how many hits I get on Google: "Rares Hill" - 719 hits "Reres Hill" - 226 hits "Rare's Hill" - 144 hits "Rarey's Hill" - 6 hits "Rere's Hill" - 5 hits "Rarie's Hill" - 2 hits Every other spelling I can think of – 0 hits
(The above are not necessarily references to a song.)
RARE'S HILL, sung by Mary Black on "Mary Black," Gifthorse CD #10004, 1982. RARE'S HILL, sung by Greenhouse on "I Lie Awake," Jackalope CD #1247, 2000. RERES HILL, sung by Old Blind Dogs on "Fit?", Green Linnet, CD #1214, 2001.
Other references found with Google: RERES HILL, sung by Susie Allan on "Tipsy Courting," Ardo, 1998. THE BACK O' RERES HILL, 3 versions from various sources published in the book "Songs and Ballads of Dundee," by Nigel Gatherer.