Tune Req: Miner's Dream of Home

Subject: RE: Tune Req: Miner's Dream of Home
From: Taffy2
Date: 02 Apr 05 - 11:43 PM

No, not that one. Not even PD. Thanks for the suggestion though.
Actually there are so many singers all singing "far distant country to roam", that unless you KNOW for sure it's the "hot-a-tot-tropic" version, I could spend all day chasing wrong leads and still not find this particular one.

Subject: RE: Tune Req: Miner's Dream of Home
From: Peace
Date: 02 Apr 05 - 06:19 PM

Fifth one down, maybe?

Subject: Tune Req: Miner's Dream of Home
From: Taffy2
Date: 01 Apr 05 - 06:28 PM

Now that I've got the hang of things, let's start again with my search for the above song.

Some years ago I had Peter Dawson singing it. The first two lines were something like

It's been 10 weary years since I left England's shore
On a hot tropic island to raom.

But, though I didn't know it then PD had a speech problem with two Ts or two Ds occurring close together, so he sang the second line as "On a hot-a-tot-tropic island to roam." If you listen to The Lost Chord, you'll note that he sings "And my fingers wander-dud idly over the noisy keys."

Anyway, when I found a nice clean record, where he now sang line-2 as "In a far distant country to roam." I dumped the old one thinking it was a FLAWED recording. And now that I want it back again I can't find it anywhere.

So, thanks, ard, but I'm looking specifically for this song sung by Peter Dawson AND with the slightly garbled "hot-a-tot-tropic island" bit, as it's PD alone that I'm interested in and not a different singer. I could kick myself now for throwing it out, because now that I'm aware of PD's speech impediment, I realise it was the genuine thing after all! Sigh!

Can ANYONE please point me to "hot-a-tot"??