[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Thus far, it seems that the tune recognized as being the "right one" for both
> The Unfortunate Rake and the Bard of Armagh is different depending on which
> side of the Atlantic Ocean you're on.
> I can't speak for the rest of the world.
> SO, I have taught myself to enter a tune in ABC notation, and have included
> here the version that we sing in the States. This is the melody we use for
> the Streets of Laredo, as well as for the Bard of Armagh.
> I wonder if the "copyright" claimed by my nemesis is for the union of the
> words with this particular melody?
>
> If anyone recognizes this tune, and can lead me (gently, please) towards an
> original source for it, I will be eternally grateful. All I really need for
> my book is the tune, not the words, but I do need to have some proof that the
> tune pre-dates 1927.
>
> Thanks for all the help, and I hope this has been an interesting thread.
> --Cynthia
>
> X:01
> T:Streets of Laredo
> B:
> Z:
> M:3/4
> L:1/8
> K:G
> D|d4 c B|c2 d3 c |B2 A2 G2 |F2 D3 D | G4 F G | A2 B3 c | B2 A2 G2 | A4 D2 |
> d2 ed cB | c2 d3 c | B2 A2 G2 | F2 D2 D2 | G4 F G | A2 d3 c | B2 G2 A2 | G4 |]
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The Bodley Ballads website has facsimiles of:
1. H. Such prints (1863-85) of "The Unfortunate Rake" under the
title "The Unfortunate Lad".
2. P. Brereton, Dublin, prints (c 1867) of "The Bard of Armagh",
both without tune direction.
Tho. Campbell wrote a song "The Harper", (mostly about poor dog
Tray) but it's not "The Bard of Armagh". ['Campbell's Poetical
Works', n.d. (late 19th century). Campbell wrote a lot of pieces
he called songs, but didn't specify tunes for them.]
Phillips Barry, BFSSNE, 7, p. 18, 1934 (reprinted by AFS, 19660),
gave a traditional text of "The Cowboy's Lament" collected in
Kansas in 1913. He gave the tune, and notes several other
versions of the song (under various titles) with closely related
tunes, and reprints "The Unfortunate Rake" from 'Crosby's Irish
Musical Repository', 1808. He say that the American tunes stem
from the 2nd part of the latter tune.
Bruce Olson
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