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Thread #5819   Message #4109438
Posted By: GUEST,jim bainbridhe
09-Jun-21 - 05:00 AM
Thread Name: Origins: King of the Cannibal Islands
Subject: RE: Lyr/Tune Req: King of the Cannibal Islands
If you want the tune from otther than printed sources, the Irish ceili band- the McCusker Brothers (there were nine of them) made LPs about 1960- one of which featured a set of jigs- 'Biddy the Bold Wife/I lost my love/King of the Cannibal Islands'.

   Steve G is quite right about 'Stanley Market' being to the same tune, and 'Stumblin' Jack Elliott of Birtley recorded it in the 60s- he used the nickname to distinguish himself from another 60s singer- 'Ramblin' Jack Elliott.