The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #48587   Message #731415
Posted By: McGrath of Harlow
17-Jun-02 - 09:59 AM
Thread Name: Does the Devil have the best tunes?
Subject: RE: Does the Devil have the best tunes?
"On Ilkley Moor ba t'at" hardly counts as "disreputable" in any sane mind.

An army chaplain told me once that My Darling Clementine tended to be used by soldiers for any hymn tune that sounded vaguely like it, and he use to welcome that because it meant they weren't shy about joining in. I imagine it's probably a hymn tune previously in any case - it's got that kind of feel.