In article [EMAIL PROTECTED],
Nigel Gatherer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
"Surprisingly enough it WAS called exactly that when he published it in his
Harp and Claymore collection in 1903. The term is almost certainly a
dancing reference, although in 18th century Scotland a "Rocking" was the
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Does anyone know an early printing of this melody?
The melody was printed in O'Neill's Music of Ireland (1903), and Joyce's
Ancient Irish Music (1873). Joyce died about 1914, so even in the remote
chance that he composed the tune (he didn't), it would still be out of
John Erdman wrote:
That tune is known in America as "the Streets of Laredo". Someone here claims
copyright to those words and the familiar melody (also used for the Bard of
Armagh) and that someone will not allow me permission to use it if I sell the
book outside of the U.S., which as a
Cynthia -
Here's what I found in my library.
I have two books with the tune and words in them. The one with the
most info is "Best Loved American Folk Songs" by Alan and John Lomax
published in 1947. The other is a Alan Lomax book published in 1960,
"Folk Songs of North America"
A'm sorrie tae hear tha Erica, whit were ye daen drinkin pesticides?
I've been ill for 15 years, and my doctor says very few people with
this sort of problem ever really get over it, but there's a good
chance I'll get some sort of life back as long as I stay right away
from toxic
At 04:48 AM 2/23/01 -0800, you wrote:
Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2001 21:46:42 +
From: David Kilpatrick [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [scots-l] Rocking Step
Kate Dunlay or David Greenberg wrote:
Talking of Scott Skinner, someone asked me for his tune "Scott Skinner's
Rockin' Step"...
The
David writes:
| I have my mother's old banjo tutor of Cowboy Songs from around 1930 and it's got the
| Streets of Laredo in there, definitely with a copyright on it, not bothered to check
|whose
| as the book is buried in a music stool somewhere. However you will not be playing it
|in
| the
In a message dated 2/23/01 1:21:03 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Indeed. Maybe the best idea is to call it "The Bard of Omagh", and
note in the text that it's a variant of the earlier tune "The
Unfortunate Rake" and the later American ballad "The Streets
Janice Hopper wrote:
Well, no, it isn't. A rock is another word for distaff, the holder for the
flax or wool that was being spun.
From M-W.com
Main Entry: 3rock
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English roc, from Middle Dutch rocke; akin
to Old High German rocko distaff
Date: 14th
| ... But, I've got the same problem with "The Bard" as I do
| with "The Rake": finding a copy of it with a pre-1927 date! I have a book
| here that claims the Bard was written in 1801 by Thomas Campbell, but I need
| some kind of "proof" of that. Even if it's a facsimile re-print of an old
|
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In a message dated 2/23/01 1:21:03 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Indeed. Maybe the best idea is to call it "The Bard of Omagh", and
note in the text that it's a variant of the earlier tune "The
Unfortunate Rake" and the later
Jack Campin wrote:
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The next phase is probably where Erica is. If pralidoxime is not given
soon enough, binding of the poison to the enzyme becomes *irreversible*.
And for reasons I don't understand, the enzyme is not replaced, ever.
There's no consensus on how long you've got before
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