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Thread #144052   Message #3328830
Posted By: Steve Gardham
25-Mar-12 - 06:36 PM
Thread Name: Life in the Old Dog Yet (Wrighton)
Subject: RE: Life in the Old Dog Yet (Wrighton)
I seem to remember he had a hand in 'The Beating of my own heart'. I haven't got my sheet music to hand and I wouldn't have kept anything by him when I was downsizing except for the bits that entered oral tradition.

I may have got the wrong person here, as Kilgarriff has him down for 2 songs, both with more of a Music Hall look. His dates were 1816-1880, and he attributes 'The Postman's Knock' to him as score writer, words by L M Thornton, 1855. Now this was sung by some folkies on a recent period soap tv programme the name of which escapes me, but I'll ask my wife tomorrow. The other is 'You Need Na Come Courting O' Me' words by A Trail, 1857.

BTW I came across a pristine copy of Clifton's On Board the Kangaroo recently for £20 and was tempted. That was near Leicester Sq tube. Then bugger me, in Camden Market later on that day, I came across a whole box full with several Clifton sheets but I already had them all. They were still a bit pricey at £7.50 apiece. 2 copies of Paddle yoc.