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Thread #159871   Message #3789878
Posted By: Tattie Bogle
12-May-16 - 04:40 AM
Thread Name: Tune Req: Borrowed melody for Hymn 8 May16
Subject: RE: Tune Req: Borrowed melody for Hymn 8May16
According to another website and a thread on here, the oldest song which uses that tune (County Down/Dives and Lazarus) is Gilderoy, which goes back to Allan Ramsay in the early 1700s.
I know of at least 5 songs to that same tune, most if which are listed on a Wikipedia page about Dives and Lazarus, and include Unquiet Grave. Not on that list is Van Diemen's Land (Gallant Poachers).
The first version of Unquiet Grave that I heard was Joan Baez's recording, but it uses a totally different tune.