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Thread #53515   Message #824359
Posted By: Desert Dancer
12-Nov-02 - 01:46 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: A Soldier Boy for Me / Railroader for Me
Subject: RE: lyrics req`d- I went walking through the
Uh, Joe, wouldn't that text likely be what I posted above? Also, No. 68 in Sharp and Karples Eighty English Folk Songs is the combined text:

1. the green grass verse
2. the blacksmith verse (with the sailor changed to a soldier who "marches through the wind")
3. the doctor verse
4. the farmer verse
5. the green grass verse again

I'll abc the tune and be back in a moment.

~ Becky in Tucson