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Thread #167125   Message #4026694
Posted By: GUEST,Phil d'Conch
07-Jan-20 - 04:30 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: I Am a Brisk and Sprightly Lad
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: I Am a Brisk and Sprightly Lad
The Traditional Tune Archive: I Am a Brisk Young Sprightly Lad

“Source: William Litten's music manuscript collection (1800-1802)
Notes: Litten was a ship's fiddler with the East India Fleett
Transcription: AK/Fiddler's Companion”

Conchy Note: This is an instrumental

The Spoil'd Child - Prince Hoare (1755-1834)

A 1799 copy gives the tune as Melton Oysters; others give Milton... or Miltown....

1788 print: Molly Milton, the Pretty Oyster Woman