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Thread #23156 Message #4178512
Posted By: GUEST,henryp
05-Aug-23 - 01:48 PM
Thread Name: Lyr ADD: Barleycorn (Songwainers)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Barleycorn (Songwainers)
The Songwainers Argo Records ZFB 31 (LP, UK, 1971)
Musicians: Ron Taylor: tenor; Ken Langsbury: baritone; Dave Stephenson: bass https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cgl--skKjYM Songwainers
John Barleycorn; This again is our own arrangement, taken from Fred Jordan's text, and set to a popular C19 harvest hymn-tune " "Wir Pflugen und Wir Streuen" and set to a tune attributed to J.A.P. Schulz (1747-1800).
The idea to set the words to this tune came from Ken Langsbury's brother, Lionel.