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Thread #49155   Message #158106
Posted By: Abby Sale
04-Jan-00 - 09:30 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: The Irishman's Epistle to the Officers...
Subject: RE: Help: The Text and tune don't fit
The last two lines of each verse vary considerably from Washerwoman. It's well done by Committee of Correspondence on _The Amer. Revolution in Song & Ballad_, Folkways, 1975. Or, you could phone me and I'll croak it for you.

It's a rousing good song and I sing it each year on 4/18, the anniversary of the rout of Lexington/Concord. It's also good on Paul Revere's birthday, 1/1, since his sneaky spy network supplied the intelligence that they'd be attacking and the locals could be ready for them.

Let me know if you find out what a "pum" is. I've done a good bit of checking to not find out.