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Thread #87375   Message #1630613
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
19-Dec-05 - 12:05 PM
Thread Name: Chord Req: Banks of the Sweet Primroses
Subject: RE: Chord Req: BANKS OF THE SWEET PRIMROSES
A midi link in thread 17060 (Banks of Sweet Primroses): Banks of
A different set of words is in the DT.
The song was collected by Sharp and first printed in 1891; a slightly revised tune was published by Vaughan Williams.
Sharp's title was "The Sweet Priméroses;" he published sheet music in "One Hundred English Folksongs (for medium voice)," No. 51, pp. 114-115. Also in "Classid English Folk Songs," Vaughan Williams and Lloyd, revised by Malcolm Douglas, as "The Banks of....".