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Thread #97556   Message #1923887
Posted By: Fidjit
01-Jan-07 - 07:38 AM
Thread Name: Origins: Wild Rover
Subject: RE: Origins: Wild Rover
Gardiner Hp.346 Henry Lee, Whitchrch, Hants, England. May 1906

Verses 3 and 4 based on a version noted in Wiltshire by Alfred Williams. (see, "Songs from the Upper Thames" by Alfred Williams.

Although well-known from the version collected from the late Sam Larner of Winterton, Norfolk.

Further comment by Frank Parslow, editor of E.F.D.S Publication "The Constant Lovers"

- I thought a distinctive way of singing the song might be welcome -

And,

- In view of the sentiments expressed in the song I have often wondered where it was sung - not in pubs anyway!-

Chas

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