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Thread #3216   Message #375114
Posted By: Burke
15-Jan-01 - 06:14 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Long, Long Ago (Thomas Haynes Bayly)
Subject: RE: Lyric Add: Long, Long Ago
Malcolm, the sheet music was exactly what I needed, thanks.

The reason I was looking was because at a recent Sacred Harp singing I was struck by how much a tune called When I am Gone sounds like Long, long ago. Similar does not begin to describe it, they are almost note for note the same.

If I'm reading that ABC above, the key should be listed as G instead of C. Since there's no F in it, the notes don't actually change, but chord accompaniments might. The Sheet Music in the Levy collections all have it in F & it starts on F.