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Thread #40167   Message #2933317
Posted By: r.padgett
23-Jun-10 - 12:45 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req/Add: Jerusalem Donkey/Jerusalem Cuckoo
Subject: RE: req/ADD: Jerusalem Donkey/Jerusalem Cuckoo
Many thanks for this!

The abc should play in the likes of concertina.net

I have to admit the source is from Harry Upton who the sleeve notes (Green Grow the Laurels) on Topic 1976 say inherited a collection of songs texts from his parents. Harry was borne on 1900 the son of a Shepherd on the South Downs near Brighton

Further notes say that the song was in the repertoire of George Belton, (now)of Chichester. Of further interest may be "Jerusalem's Dead" referred to here in the sleeve notes sung by Albert Chevalier, concerning the death of a Costermongers's moke!
Ray