Atwater-Donnelly Tune Req: A Maid in Bedlam

Subject: Tune Req: A Maid in Bedlam
From: GUEST,A maid in Cyberspace
Date: 14 Feb 06 - 09:34 PM

I found the tune listed for this in the Digitrad and it's not the one that I rmember hearing. The one

Subject: RE: Tune Req: A Maid in Bedlam
From: Peace
Date: 14 Feb 06 - 09:38 PM

Hyperspace?

Subject: RE: Tune Req: A Maid in Bedlam
From: GUEST,a maid in Cyberspace
Date: 14 Feb 06 - 09:43 PM

Oops! Somehow my message is not complete. The one I remember hearing is in a minor key and on Atwater-Donnnelly's CD Culled from the Garden. Is it online anywhere? I'm not in a position to check out any CDs or books. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Subject: RE: Tune Req: A Maid in Bedlam
From: Malcolm Douglas
Date: 14 Feb 06 - 10:46 PM

If Atwater-Donnelly said where they got the song, we may be able to help. Obviously, traditional songs are often sung to a whole range of different tunes, so guessing probably won't help much.

The list of tracks on the recording ( http://www.atwater-donnelly.com/music-poetry.htm#Culled-Garden ) names mostly songs that were very well-known standards (to the point of being hackneyed) at the time. Provided they acknowledged a traditional source, as the writeup on their website would lead us to expect that they would have done, then it shouldn't be too hard to trace.