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Thread #32564   Message #451226
Posted By: Joe Offer
28-Apr-01 - 04:21 PM
Thread Name: Origins: The World is Old (Laurence Housman)
Subject: RE: The World is Old- request info
A tune, a tune, my kingdom for a tune! Noteworthy format is preferable, but I'll take a scan or anything for this one. Oh, I see MMario beat me to the punch on asking Greyeyes for it, so I'll just grin and be lazy and let MMario do the transcription.

Greyeyes, you have "do shine there light," and Jean has "their." Which is in the printed version?

Just got the scan from Greyeyes. It's definitely "shine their light," but it's shown as "show their light" under the music and "shine" where the lyrics are posted without lyrics.

So, the only major difference between the printed version and Jean's is the mention of "dear love" in the first verse and "dear lads" in the second - those don't make much difference, but the printed version has "when we lack will," which I think makes a bit more sense.
-Joe Offer-