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Captain Grant
Found in c.abc
from the John Chambers abc collection
X:2618 T:Captain Grant S:Digital Tradition, captgrnt N:Several printed versions between 1900 and 1910. Published broadside N:had three or four aditional verses. Tune similar to that of Johnny Troy N:RG B:From Travellers' Songs, MacColl & Seeger B:Collected from Nelson Ridley M:3/4 L:1/8 Q:1/4=140 W:Where I was bound apprentice was down in Northamptonshire, W:Where I did take my lodgings in the centry of a wood, W:With my two metal bullets and my bright shiny sword, W:And it's quickly they did banish me to Edinborough Town. W: W:From Edinborough Town, my boys, I thought it myself good, W:Till I did take my lodgings in the centry of a wood; W:It was through that wicked woman had me surrounded as I were laying W:May the Lord have mercy on me ! ' cried bold Captain Grant. W: W:Now, here's to my wife and my five children small, W:And since I 've been drinking I have ruined them all ; W:God save 'em and God keep 'em from sickness and from want W:"May the Lord have mercy on me!" said bold Captain Grant. K:C G2 |C4 E2|G4 B2|A2 G4|B,4 C2|E2- D2 E2|C4 B,2|C6|z4 G2|\ G4 c2|c4 B2|B2 A4|A4 F2|D4 A2|A2 ^G2 A2-|A6|z4 A2| G4 E2|F2 G4|G2 E4|z4 G2|c4 c2|B2- A2 G2|A-G3- G2|z4 CC|\ C4 E2|G4 c2|A2 G4|B,4 C2|E2 D4|C4 B,2|C6|z4 ||
Alternative sources for this tune:
- www.atrilcoral.com/Partituras_ABC/c.zip/c/0243
- trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/mirror/kirby98.fsnet.co.uk/ca/Captain_Grant_1/0000
- trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/mirror/melnets_big_abc_file/02086
- trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/mirror/mucl.de/~mdoering/dt-songs/0036
- trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/mirror/terra.es/personal8/niltoni/c/0243
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