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Thread #55945 Message #872099
Posted By: greg stephens
22-Jan-03 - 08:22 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: True Blue/Come all you brave sportsmen
Subject: Lyr Req: True Blue/Come all you brave sportsmen
I have a tune, and this fragment of verse, from a c1760 Cumbrian fiddler's manuscript. Anyone got any ideas for the whole words? my searches have been fruitless. Presumably about a greyhound or horse.
Come all you brave sportsmen I'd have you draw near All to my song You quickly shall hear Of a wonderful match Which appeared to our view That was run by the gallant ( Illegible) True Blue