The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #82684   Message #1515615
Posted By: Charley Noble
05-Jul-05 - 08:34 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Outside Track
Subject: RE: Origins: Outside Track
Thanks, Sinsull, and we've already recorded it for our forthcoming Roll & Go CD ROLLING DOWN TO SAILORTOWN, available late this fall. Gerry Hallom graciously granted us permission to use his musical arrangement.

Our version is also inspired by Margaret Walters and John Warner's rendition. Freda's notes above are the most complete. Note that their version includes the first verse of the poem which is lacking in the version that was recorded by Garnet Rogers and several other North Americans. It really sets the scene and should not have been dropped. No one sings Lawson's last verse to my knowledge, and I see no need to add it.

Cheerily,
Charley Noble