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Thread #56064 Message #874540
Posted By: Bob Bolton
25-Jan-03 - 08:46 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: The Waterwitch (trad Australia)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Bound away on the water witch
G'day Clean Supper,
There is a version collected, in Tasmania, Australia, From Jack Davies, an old sailor - about 1961 ... but I'm sure there is a fairly standard European version, in collections such as Hugill's Songs of the Seven Seas. In fact, I'm surprised that I can't find it in the MudCat Digital Tradition ... using "Bound Away" or "Water Witch" as search criteria!
If someone doesn't give the 'standard' version, I'll give you the Tasmanian one.