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Thread #88193 Message #2839111
Posted By: Jim Dixon
14-Feb-10 - 01:56 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Old Parkin Raine the Fiddler (Vin Garbutt
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Parkin Raine (Vin Garbutt)
Vin Garbutt's song PARKIN RAINE appeared on his album "King Gooden" (Greentrax 1976). KING GOODEN was also a separate cut on the same album.
The Tees Side Fettlers also recorded PARKIN RAINE, which they attributed to Richard Watson, on their album "Travelling the Tees" (RTÉ Records, 1975). I don't know whether they used the same tune as Vin Garbutt.
The text of OLD PARKIN RAINE THE FIDDLER: A SONG can be seen in Poetical Works of Richard Watson by Richard Watson (Darlington [England]: Printed at the office of William Dresser, 1884), page 77ff. There is no indication of what tune is to be used.