From Unknown Wed 11 Jun 97 16:28:23 Path: usc!iagnet.net!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!195.99.66.215!news-feed1.eu.concert.net!news-peer.bt.net!btnet-feed2!btnet!peer1.news.dircon.net!newsserver.dircon.co.uk!tdc!easmyth From: easmyth@dircon.co.uk (E A Smyth) Newsgroups: rec.music.folk Subject: Re: Songs that use melody from Sweet Betsy from Pike? Date: 13 Sep 1997 23:05:16 +0100 Organization: via Direct Connection news service Lines: 14 Message-ID: References: <3418A77C.2507@worldnet.att.net> <5vbdb4$a9t@camel3.mindspring.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: tdc.dircon.co.uk Xref: usc rec.music.folk:124901 Then there's the Scottish song about the stone of destiny, how it got stolen, etc. I'll give you the last verse, though not in the dialect I first heard it in: So if you discover a stone with a ring Just sit yourself down and crown yourself king. There's not a man living can alter your claim That you crowned yourself king on the destiny stane. (stone) That's probably not quite right, but you get the idea. Eve -- 'Weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes with the morning.'