I will post several of the Sharp "In Old Virginny" versions on my web-site at http://bluegrassmessengers.com Click lyrics then Fiddle Tunes- look under East Viginia- Versions 1, 2. I will also post them on this thread. I apologize for the lack of research as I haven't had much time and have only superficially entered songs from my data base and other spots on the web.

Masato & Dicho keep up your excellent work researching. You guys at Mudcat are the best!

Two places I can look for the England connection are: "Child's Popular Ballads" (I've done some research on the US connections) and my collection of shape-note hymn books. The inconsistant quality of the melodies I have for "In Old Virginny" make this a daunting and time consumming task.

I do beleive there is a connection. Any other ideas?

Richie