The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #34425   Message #2728484
Posted By: Azizi
21-Sep-09 - 08:28 PM
Thread Name: Help: johnny cockaroo
Subject: RE: Help: johnny cockaroo
Jack and/or anyone else, isn't "Johnny Cuckoo" recognized as a variant form of Dukes A' Riding?

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If it isn't, why not? Note the very close similarity in the beginning words, and the "They are all so black and so browsy" verse (Dukes A'Riding) and the "black and dirty" verse (Johnny Cuckoo).

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Is the King's Arrival song older than the Duke A' Riding song?