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Thread #152560   Message #4177166
Posted By: GUEST
18-Jul-23 - 11:01 AM
Thread Name: Origins: Cheer'ly Man - history (Cheerily Man)
Subject: RE: Lyr ADD: Cheerly Man
Thanks for posting, but I doubt even the Naval Revenue Cutter men who were supposed to have sung a version in the 1830s ever sang such anodyne words. They look very much like what may have been substituted for the common text, by the publishers or editor. The melody, however, would be useful if only to compare it with other versions.