From Unknown Wed 11 Jun 97 16:27:52 Newsgroups: rec.music.folk Path: usc!howland.erols.net!newsfeed1-hme1!newsfeed.internetmci.com!192.48.96.123!in1.uu.net!uucp5.uu.net!world!jcf From: jcf@world.std.com (Joseph C Fineman) Subject: Re: Songs that use melody from Sweet Betsy from Pike? Message-ID: Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA References: <3418A77C.2507@worldnet.att.net> Date: Fri, 12 Sep 1997 21:54:19 GMT Lines: 21 Xref: usc rec.music.folk:124843 Bindle writes: > 'Oh, do you remember sweet Betsy from Pike? > She crossed the wild prairies with her husband Ike . . .' >Of course, the tune is based on much older material from Britain and >it often has some haunting minor variations in melody and chording. >One I recall was, I think, 'The Soldier and the Sailor,' another was >'Master McGraw' a song about a racing dog. Does anyone out there >recall any others. A fairly recent addition is "The Moose Song": I've had men & women, my life has been loose, But I've never had anyone quite like a moose. I think it's on DigiTrad. --- Joe Fineman jcf@world.std.com ||: What sticks to the spoon doesn't get stirred. :||