Lyr Req: The Orange Tree

24 Jun 06 - 04:27 AM (#1767916)
Subject: Lyr Req: The Orange Tree
From: GUEST,Ian Pittaway

Cecil Sharp collected The Orange Tree from William Pittaway at Burford, Oxfordshire, in 1923. Unfortunately, Sharp only noted the tune and the first verse - and I cannot find any other versions anywhere. The first verse goes as follows:

'Twas in the month of May when flowers they were gay,
when the orange trees were all in bloom,
when the orange orange orange trees were all in bloom'.

Does anyone have the rest?

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24 Jun 06 - 06:06 AM (#1767954)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Orange Tree
From: Mick Pearce (MCP)

The Roud index lists this as the only example of the song.

Mick

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24 Jun 06 - 06:13 AM (#1767956)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Orange Tree
From: GUEST,Ian Pittaway

Thanks, Mick, but aaagggggghhhhhhhhh! That's SO frustrating. Whether Cecil Sharp didn't bother with the rest or William Pittaway only knew the first verse I suppose we'll never know (unless someone has information to say otherwise). So, in that case, and because I would like to sing this song, can anyone suggest words from another song I could 'borrow' that would scan to fill in further verses?

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