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Thread #5351 Message #1888691
Posted By: Malcolm Douglas
19-Nov-06 - 10:10 PM
Thread Name: Origins: The Hungry Army
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The glorious hungry army
That was what Q" and I were sort of driving at, yes. I don't know of any published transcription, but recordings of Walter singing it are available for sale, and can be found via Google.
It appears, for example, on Topic TSCD 664, Troubles They Are But Few - Dance Tunes & Ditties (part of the Voice of the People series). Notes at http://www.mustrad.org.uk/votp.htm indicate that Walter couldn't remember the whole song until he saw the set printed by Roy Palmer (how much he had remembered previously isn't stated). The tune he learned from his uncle Billy was the well-known 'King of the Cannibal Islands'.
Jim Carroll (among others) recorded the song from Walter, and perhaps he will look in to comment.