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Origin: Flash Companie / Yellow Handkerchief DigiTrad: FLASH COMPANIE (The Yellow Handkerchief) THE BONNY BLUE HANKIE Related threads: Chord Req: Flash Company/Yellow Handerkerchief (7) (origins) Origins: Bonny Blue Handkerchief (19) Lyr Add: The Bonnie Blue Hankie (6)
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Subject: Flash Companie From: victoria Date: 24 Jul 98 - 01:11 PM I would appreciate help in establishing earliest known date and source {if other than oral tradition) for song from Kennedy Folksongs of Britain and Ireland. Song title is "Flash Companie or the Yellow Handkercheif" I do not have access to Kennedy's book and live in a rural area so library is small. I'm searching for songs that would have been current in the period of the Revolutionary war. Thanks for any help, Victoria |
Subject: RE: Flash Companie From: Susan of DT Date: 24 Jul 98 - 07:38 PM Kennedy only traces it to 1906 |
Subject: RE: Flash Companie From: Martin Ryan. Date: 26 Jul 98 - 12:04 PM 1906 seems to be the date of collection by the EFDSS. Their publication "The Wanton Seed" refers to other collected versions - all with the same words. This usually means a well-circulated broadsheet - but there is no mention of one.
The item also suggests the air is Irish used, among other things, for "Green Bushes".
Interesting one.
Regards |
Subject: ADD Version: Flash Company (from Waterson) From: Joe Offer Date: 26 Jul 21 - 03:30 PM Arlene Immerman sings a female version that's very nice. IShe sent lyrics to me. Flash Company Trad S: Norma Waterson From Waterson: Carthy Common Tongue First I loved William and then I loved John But now I love Thomas he's a clever young man With his white coat and stocking and his high ankle shoe He wears a velvet jacket like a flash lad he goes Fiddling and dancing was all his delight But keeping flash company has ruined him quite Has ruined him quite and a great many more If it hadn't have been flash company he'd never have been so poor Take this yellow handkerchief in remembrance of me And wear it around your neck when in flash company Dry up your briny tears and don't look so sad There's plenty more flash girls all around to be had Rocks shall run to water and the sea shall run dry If I should prove false to the lad that loves I The sweetest strawberries shall grow in the sea If I should prove false to the one that loves me First I loved William and then I loved John But now I love Thomas he's a clever young man With his white coat and stocking and his high ankle shoe He wears a velvet jacket like a flash lad he goes Take this yellow handkerchief in remembrance of me And wear it around your neck when in flash company Dry up your briny tears and don't look so sad There's plenty more flash girls all around to be had |
Subject: RE: Flash Companie From: RTim Date: 26 Jul 21 - 04:29 PM Earliest Version according to Steve Gardham's spreadsheet of Earliest versions is - 1850 broadside printed by Birt of London... Tim Radford |
Subject: RE: Flash Companie From: Steve Gardham Date: 26 Jul 21 - 04:39 PM Yes, not many printings all about 1850. Jackson of Birmingham, Hodges, Such and Birt of London. For one without imprint see Bodleian Harding B11 (4190) duplicated at Harding B15 (109a). I haven't seen anything earlier but that doesn't mean that earlier versions weren't printed. All have the same title 'Flash Company'. |
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