The North of Amerikay
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History
The air bears some slight resemblance to mine.
song, may be seen in the "Journal of the Folk Song Society," Vol. II, p. 90.
"The Battle of King's Bridge," the English version of the words of this
indicates:
song to it which was composed during the American war, as this first verse
Learned when I was a child and now written from memory. There was a
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X:15 T:The North of Amerikay B:Joyce, P. W.; "Old Irish Folk Music and Songs" R:song H: Learned when I was a child and now written from memory. There was a H:song to it which was composed during the American war, as this first verse H:indicates: W:The seventeenth of June last by the dawning of the day, W:Our ship she cast an anchor and landed in the bay; W:Then our brave heroes bold they quickly marcheed away W:To fight the Boston rebels in the north of Amerikay. H:"The Battle of King's Bridge," the English version of the words of this H:song, may be seen in the "Journal of the Folk Song Society," Vol. II, p. 90. H:The air bears some slight resemblance to mine. L:1/8 M:C Z:Allan Garvin K:G G|cccc B>A G/E/D/E|GAG>G G3 B|cd e/f/g a>g fd|edc>e d2 ge| dBA<G B2 Bd|e/d/B AG G3 B/d/|ef ge/d/ BABG|BA/B/ GG G3||
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