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Thread #136943   Message #3130118
Posted By: Little Robyn
06-Apr-11 - 06:01 PM
Thread Name: Folklore: Wayfaring Stranger Research Project
Subject: RE: Folklore: Wayfaring Stranger Research Project
1. How and when did you first hear Wayfaring Stranger?
Wellington Teacher's Training College (NZ) 1963.

2. How did you learn it?
Sheet music, written out by a music lecturer first.
Later heard recordings by Pete Seeger, Burl Ives, Bob Gibson, Mike Seeger, Estelle C Ball. Each was slightly different and I developed a composite version.

3. When did you first perform it?
Sang it at Training Col. 1963/64.

4. Why did you choose to perform?
I loved it.

5. Where did you source your lyrics from?
All the above.

Robyn