The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #127083   Message #3093796
Posted By: MGM·Lion
12-Feb-11 - 10:05 AM
Thread Name: relocating songs
Subject: RE: relocating songs
Nic Jones sang Barrack Street, which is in the Sailortown section of Halifax NS [from the singing of O J Abbott, I think Nic told me once, but wouldn't swear to it]; the Irish variant is Patrick Street, which is in Belfast Docks, I believe ~~ the group who sing it use the title as their name also; in both Liverpool & Glasgow it is sung as Peter Street, as both cities' docks have one. Being a Londoner, I sing Ratcliffe Street, to Nic's Barrack St tune, & with most of his words tho collated with & augmented from other versions, as it's the one I like best...

~Michael~