Mudcat Café message #2555543

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Thread #15719 Message #2555543
Posted By: Barry Finn
02-Feb-09 - 04:32 PM
Thread Name: Req:Believe Me If All Those Endearing Young Charms
Subject: RE: Req:Believe Me If All Those Endearing Young Charms

This tune was also used for the verses (not the chorus, which is from "Jock Stewart") of the rather rare casptan shanty (see Doerflinger p. 149) "The First of the Emigrants" or also knw as "I'm leaving old England" use durning the Australian Gold Rush era of 1851 to 1854.

Barry