The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #31678   Message #414878
Posted By: Bob Bolton
10-Mar-01 - 07:10 PM
Thread Name: Origins of The Wild Rover
Subject: RE: Origins of The Wild Rover
G'day again,

I should have mentioned that the tune Sally sang to this is one that I subsequently heard sung by a visiting English folksinger in the (~) '80s to a parting song called Here's a Health to the Company (which I also mentioned in a thread on The other 'Parting Glass'.

He said Here's a Health to the Company was then commonly used as a finishing ("Now go home!") song at English folk clubs and sessions, but I had not heard it in Australia and don't know anything of its history.

I have included the MIDItext of the tune for anyone interested.

Regards,

Bob Bolton