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Thread #59093   Message #939252
Posted By: John MacKenzie
24-Apr-03 - 11:59 AM
Thread Name: English Canal Songs advice
Subject: RE: English Canal Songs advice
Had a look through the earlier thread and note that Single Bolinder is given as a comic song. I remember vaguely another song called The old Bolinder Engine, which was sung with the sound of said engine in the background. Bolinder engines were a wonder to behold, great big single cylinder engines, with a massive pot, and of course piston, even at full revs you could almost count the strokes. The version I heard was sung, and I think written by Gary and Vera Aspey, and what a wonderfull duo they were, are they still about??
Giok.
It's a hard life on the cut.