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Thread #128515 Message #3288892
Posted By: GUEST,999
11-Jan-12 - 03:45 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Moses of the Mail (not MacColl)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Moses of the Mail (not MacColl)
The song was recorded in 1951 by MacColl as a 78rpm record (Topic TRC51) accoerding to the following site:
Recorded in 1977. The songs, mostly 19th century ballads, are:
Navvy on the Line / The Bold Navvies / Paddy Works on the Railway / A New Song on the Opening of the Newcastle & Shields Railway / Johnny Green's Trip fro' Owdhum to see the Manchester Railway / A New Song on the Opening of the Birmingham to Liverpool Railway / Iron Horse / The Oxford and Hampton Railway / The Cockney's Trip to Brummagem / The Wonderful Effects of the Leicester Railway / Cosher Bailey / Moses of the Mail / Fireman's Growl."