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Thread #76690   Message #4193831
Posted By: GUEST,Simshar73
18-Dec-23 - 12:03 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Dunderbeck
Subject: RE: Origins: Dunderbeck
I have been researching Edward Harrigan and his partner Tony Hart for the past 40 years (as well as performing Harrigan material). I have never come across "Dunderbeck" or any of it's variants associated with Harrigan. It is true Harrigan sang a few "Dutch" comedy numbers early in his career (like "Little Fraud") but nothing I have seen so far like "Dunderbeck". It is quite possible that the lyrics turned up in the one of many early Harrigan and Hart songsters. The songsters usually contained a number of songs that were not sung by Harrigan. No doubt included as "filler".