Origins: Lillibulero: Why banned, why BBC'd?

Subject: RE: Origins: Lillibulero: Why banned, why BBC'd?
From: treewind
Date: 15 Oct 04 - 01:03 PM

Lilliburlero (and thanks to Google for correcting the spelling)

Like many good things, it comes from the greatest English composer ever (IMHO) - Henry Purcell.

Anahata

Subject: RE: Origins: Lillibulero: Why banned, why BBC'd?
From: Vixen
Date: 15 Oct 04 - 09:52 AM

According to the DT, it's the tune for "My thing is my own." Could that be the song that banned the tune?

Or is it the melody used to "tune the band?"

V (ducking and running for cover)

Subject: RE: Origins: Lillibulero: Why banned, why BBC'd?
From: Snuffy
Date: 15 Oct 04 - 09:46 AM

I don't suppose it was a big favourite of Dev and the Pope

Subject: RE: Origins: Lillibulero: Why banned, why BBC'd?
From: Mrrzy
Date: 15 Oct 04 - 08:57 AM

Come on, 'catters, someone must know about this being subversive!

Subject: RE: Origins: Lillibulero: Why banned, why BBC'd?
From: dick greenhaus
Date: 15 Oct 04 - 12:27 AM

The words for "Protestant Boys" are in DigiTrad, as is Lilibulero. Dunno about it being banned, but if it was it was likely way before radio was invented.

Subject: Origins: Lillibulero: Why banned, why BBC'd?
From: Mrrzy
Date: 14 Oct 04 - 02:15 PM

There are several threads about this song, but none address the question I have (see, for instance, this thread on it being the tune for the BBC world service, and this thread which states that it is also called The Protestant Boys, which I didn't know either - but my Cynthia Gooding record says something about this being banned somewhere, sometime, so I'm wondering why/when, and also if it was so banned, how did it become the signature song for BBC's world service?