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Thread #155529   Message #3659153
Posted By: Tradsinger
10-Sep-14 - 06:57 PM
Thread Name: Can you identify this song? -maid floats down tide
Subject: Can you identify this song?
Cecil Sharp collected a fragment of a song from William Bayliss of Buckland, Gloucestershire, which he identified, wrongly in my opinion, as "Binorie" (or "The Two Sisters"), but it seems to me that it is a part of a different song. The words are

"One day as Johnny was walking down by the river side,
He saw his maid come floating, come floating down the tide"

So what song is that from? Grateful for any responses.

Tradsinger