Patriot Game does sound like the tune for a variant of "One Morning In May". (Nightingale). It is also reminiscent of the ballad "The Flying Cloud" and "The Vicar of Bray".When it comes to folk tunes, it's really hard to be original. One of the reasons that they are so accessible is that they are familiar. Woody, A.P., Dylan, have all used tunes that are in Public Domain. It's harder to make a case for tunes that are not folk such as sophisticated melodies by such as Cole Porter though even George Gershwin may have derived some of his Porgy and Bess melodies from folk melodies and Jewish liturgical songs such as the one used for "It Ain't Necessarilly So".

It has been mentioned that "God on Our Side" was transformed from "Patriot Game". Patriot Game was also a transformation that we have associated as being "the folk process".

The original source for this tune (Patriot's Game) might never be traceable.

Frank


Frank