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Thread #93815   Message #1814740
Posted By: sciencegeek
20-Aug-06 - 08:33 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: 'juice of barley', song from about 1690
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'juice of barley', song from about 1
thanks, leeneia....

the words you provided scan to the tune and fit the spirit nicely... so I'll see if I can more to fill it out.

and check out the other sites as well.

as for other names of the tune, the fun part of folk music goes back to the idea of "what, you've got a good tune and you only used it once???"
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most broadside ballads were just printed lyrics that were sung to a variety of commonly used tunes... as long as it fit the tune, it was the singer's choice.