The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #38681   Message #631902
Posted By: Malcolm Douglas
20-Jan-02 - 08:46 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Breast of Glass
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Breast of Glass
Snuffy: you posted that one a while back, at  The Blackest Crow: meaning?.  The text is very close to the traditional set noted by Cecil Sharp from Mary Sands at Allanstand, North Carolina, in 1916, though the tune you gave didn't resemble hers on the face of it.  I can't tell whether it's an entirely different melody, or whether Terry Woods just interfered with a traditional one.