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Thread #6346 Message #3931416
Posted By: GUEST,Karen Heath
17-Jun-18 - 09:08 AM
Thread Name: Help: The Unfortunate Rake
Subject: RE: Help: The Unfortunate Rake
I think that the song called The Unfortunate Rake usually turns out to be a version that in my opinion is a composite written by Bert Lloyd. It is based largely on a 19th century broadside published by Such of London, with a tune taken from an Irish fragment heard in Cork, and bits of lyrics lifted from articles in the old English Folk Dance/Folk Dance and Song society journals of the early 20th century, and one or two other sources.