tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6969289909558312988.post7767022073760365984..comments2023-10-20T23:53:15.183+10:00Comments on An Australian Folk Song A Day: Bound For Darling Harbourcloudyjohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16470840323861846078noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6969289909558312988.post-20342484572360655432011-11-08T18:38:03.296+10:002011-11-08T18:38:03.296+10:00Yo!
A friend tipped me off to this one. Very happy...Yo!<br />A friend tipped me off to this one. Very happy to hear it!<br /><br />Since you didn't mention it, I'm not sure if you were aware that the "old shanty tune" here is "South Australia"/"Rolling King."<br /><br />L.A. Smith was first to collect and publish a version of that song, with tune, in her 1888 book _Music of the Waters._ Folk revival singers after the 1950s seem to have altered the tune associated with "South Australia" (I think -- one could always try to argue it was yet another a variation that was "out there," but I think it more likely they inadvertently changed the customary tune(s)). For that reason, this may not sound like the "familiar" "South Australia", but it does match the actual historically documented (pre-folksingers) version!<br />Cheers, thanks for the song.<br />'Ranzo'Ranzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05318383032778728159noreply@blogger.com