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Thread #51212   Message #2636615
Posted By: Jim Dixon
20-May-09 - 11:40 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Songs by Harry Clifton (1832-1872)
Subject: RE: Help: Harry Clifton Songwriter
Lyrics to the following Harry Clifton song are in the DT:

LANIGAN'S BALL


Lyrics to the following songs have been posted in Mudcat threads:

DARK GIRL DRESSED IN BLUE
FAITHLESS MARIA
ON BOARD OF THE KANGAROO
PADDLE YOUR OWN CANOE
POLLY PERKINS OF ABINGTON GREEN
PULLING HARD AGAINST THE STREAM (although there, it's attributed to "Mr. Boot"; I don't know whether the lyrics agree with what Clifton wrote.)
TEN MINUTES TOO LATE
THE WATERFORD BOYS


The Lester S Levy Collection of Sheet Music has the following titles:

A MOTTO FOR EVERY MAN
DARBY MCGUIRE
ISABELLA AND HER GINGHAM UMBRELLA
JEMIMA BROWN, OR, THE QUEEN OF A SEWING MACHINE
MY MOTHER IN LAW, OR, ADVICE TO PERSONS ABOUT TO MARRY
NEVER LOOK BEHIND
PADDLE YOUR OWN CANOE
POLLY PERKINS OF ABINGTON GREEN
THE DARK GIRL DRESS'D IN BLUE
THE FAMILY MAN
THE WATERFORD BOYS
UP WITH THE LARK IN THE MORNING, MERRY & WISE
WAIT FOR THE TURN OF THE TIDE
WHERE THE GRASS GROWS GREEN


The National Library of Australia has:

ON BOARD OF THE KANGAROO


Duke University has:

POLLY PERKINS OF PEMBERTON (sic) GREEN


The California Sheet Music Project has:

SHABBY GENTEEL


The Library of Congress American Memory Collection has:

PRETTY LITTLE FLORA (song sheet – lyrics only)
FAITHLESS MARIA (song sheet – lyrics only)


The Bodleian Library has the following as broadsides:

A BIT OF MY MIND
AS LONG AS THE WORLD GOES ROUND
BROKEN DOWN
JEMIMA BROWN
POLLY PERKINS
SHABBY GENTEEL
THERE'S A SMILE WAITING FOR ME AT HOME
WHERE THE GRASS GROWS GREEN
WHERE THERES A WILL THERE'S A WAY


You can see many more titles at WorldCat.org.