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Thread #34061 Message #3026209
Posted By: Tootler
07-Nov-10 - 06:26 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Van Diemen's Land
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Van Diemen's Land
Some interesting stuff here including versions as sung by Shirley Collins, Walter Pardon and Harry Cox.
The Shirley Collins one contains a variant of the "playing of the game" line:
"We had a female comrade, Sue Summers was her name,
And she was given sentence for a-selling of our game.
...."
There are also versions from the Young Tradition and Steeleye Span. Steeleye Span look to have created a composite of several versions of the song.