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Record by Uncle Dave Macon from the year 1925. " The Girl I Left Behind ", also known as " The Girl I Left Behind Me ", is an English folk song dating back to the Elizabethan era. [1] It is said to have been played when soldiers left for war or a naval vessel set sail. According to other sources the song originated in 1758 when English Admirals ...
Over the Hills and Far Away (traditional song) " Over the Hills and Far Away " is a traditional British song, dating back to at least the late 17th century. One version was published in Thomas D'Urfey 's Wit and Mirth, or Pills to Purge Melancholy; a very different one appeared in George Farquhar 's 1706 play The Recruiting Officer. A version ...
The Trees They Grow So High. " The Trees They Grow So High " is a Scottish folk song (Roud 31, Laws O35). The song is known by many titles, including "The Trees They Do Grow High", "Daily Growing", "Long A-Growing" and "Lady Mary Ann". A two-verse fragment of the song is found in the Scottish manuscript collection of the 1770s of David Herd.
The tune and lyrics of a version entitled "Lee-gangway Chorus (a-roving)" but opening with the familiar "In Amsterdam there dwelt a maid" was included in Naval Songs (1883) by William A Pond. [6] Between 1904 and 1914, the famous English folklorist Cecil Sharp collected many different versions in the coastal areas of Somerset , England ...
From the 1913 sheet music. Performed by Steven M. Alper) " Low Bridge, Everybody Down " is a folk song credited to Thomas S. Allen (although its origin and authorship remain in question [1]), first recorded in 1912, [2] and published by F.B. Haviland Publishing Company in 1913. [3] It was written after the construction of the New York State ...
Despite being the centre of both folk revivals and the British folk rock movement, the songs of London were largely neglected in favour of regional and rural music until relatively recently. London, unsurprisingly, was the most common location mentioned in English folk songs, including 'London is a Fine Town', and the 'London Prentice' and it ...
The Banks of Sweet Primroses. The Bastard King of England. Be My Mistake. Beautiful Sunday (song) Beer, Beer, Beer. A Beuk o' Newcassell Sangs. Bingo (folk song) The Birthday Party (song) The Bishoprick Garland.
The melody was sung in the 1940 film Tom Brown's School Days by the Rugby students and is the theme song of the movie. It was also sung during a hall assembly in the 1951 version. The melody is used, often with more Irish-themed instrumentation and singing, to create the off-colour folk song "The Chandler's Wife".