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Thread #53515 Message #824377
Posted By: Desert Dancer
12-Nov-02 - 02:05 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: A Soldier Boy for Me / Railroader for Me
Subject: Tune Add: SOLDIER BOY FOR ME
X:1 T:SOLDIER BOY FOR ME C:Trad. I:Sharp & Karpeles, EFSSApp. #272B Q:1/4=160 V:1 M:2/2 L:1/8 K:C E2 G2 |A3 A A2 B2 |A4 E4 |A4 A4 | A6 B2 |c2 B2 c2 d2 |e4 e2 c2 |B3 B B2 c2 |B6 B2 |d2 B2 c2 d2 |e4 e2 c2 |A3 A A2 G2 |E6 A2 |c3 B A2 A2 |B4 e3 d |c3 A A2 G2 | A4 z4 |]
Further notes from Sharp & Karpeles (English Folk Songs From the Southern Appalachians) for Version B: Sung by Mr. Jake Sowder, at St. Peter's School, Callaway, Va., Aug. 14, 1918. Compare "Green Grass" in Dictionary of British Folk-Lore, pp. 153-69. Version B is published in Nursery Songs from the Appalachian Mountains, 2nd Series, p. 10. (Version A sung by Mr. Bridges at St. Peter's Mission, Franklin Co., Va., Aug. 12, 1918.)