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Thread #147952 Message #3432662
Posted By: Mick Pearce (MCP)
07-Nov-12 - 04:40 PM
Thread Name: Randy Dandy O
Subject: RE: Randy Dandy O
Sorry Steve - I've just looked at the thread and haven't much to add.
I can't find any sources for the "Hey Randy Dandy" tune. The Poole play Hamlet Travestie (1810) seems to use existing tunes for the songs: Here We Go Up,Up,Up; Hey Randy Dandy O; Giles Scroggins' Ghost; Our Polly Is A Sad Slut; Dorothy Dumps. So I presume Hey Randy Dandy was already in existence as a tune (presumably with corresponding song!)