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Thread #20039   Message #3853568
Posted By: Steve Gardham
06-May-17 - 03:35 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie
Subject: RE: Origins: Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie
I have several songs/versions based on 'Bury me out'. There are at least 3 different tunes being used. Mostly they should be called parodies and mostly forces songs from WWII North Africa and the English trawling communities.

What I would call the original tune is in a copy of the Hill-Billy Album No 1. no date but presumably 30s. One WWII parody actually uses a variant of this tune but all the rest have been set to 'Red River Valley' a better-known song this side of the pond. I only have one version of the trawling parody with a tune and it has been set to The Gresford Disaster tune in Lancashire. Any further info on British parody tunes used would be helpful.