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Thread #123219   Message #2710529
Posted By: Jack Campin
28-Aug-09 - 08:01 AM
Thread Name: Origin: 'Beans in our ears' tune?
Subject: Origin: 'Beans in our ears' tune?
This tune was more familiar than I expected to be:

X:0
T:Ne maram Gorjanca
S:Zbrala Dusica Kunaver, Slovenian Customs and Songs, 2003
M:3/4
L:1/4
Q:3/4=60
K:EPhr
G|E F G|E F G|B B>A|F2
G|B B>A|F2 G|A A G|E2
G|E F G|E F G|B B>A|F2
G|B B A|G A F|E2 |]

It's almost the same as the tune for the Serendipity Singers' 1960s song "Beans in our ears", which I think was written by Pete Seeger.

Where did Seeger get it from?