From bawdy-owner@bdragon.shore.net Wed Jul 16 01:34:04 1997 Return-Path: Received: from mizar.usc.edu (mizar.usc.edu [128.125.253.135]) by almaak.usc.edu (8.8.4/8.8.4/usc) with ESMTP id BAA12238 for ; Wed, 16 Jul 1997 01:32:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: from shore.shore.net (uucp@shore.shore.net [192.233.85.136]) by mizar.usc.edu (8.8.4/8.8.4/usc) with ESMTP id BAA12693 for ; Wed, 16 Jul 1997 01:31:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: from bdragon.UUCP (uucp@localhost) by shore.shore.net (8.8.3/8.8.2) with UUCP id EAA02171; Wed, 16 Jul 1997 04:30:18 -0400 (EDT) Received: by bdragon.shore.net (0.99.970109) id AA04185; 15 Jul 97 13:23:46 -0500 From: Christopher Croughton Date: Tue, 15 Jul 1997 08:01:03 +0100 X-To: bawdy-l@bdragon.shore.net Subject: Re: Eskimo Nell Message-Id: <97Jul15.085647gmt+0100.16646@internet01.amc.de> X-Listname: Bawdy Filking To: bawdy-l@bdragon.shore.net (Multiple recipients of Bawdy Filking) Reply-To: bawdy-l@bdragon.shore.net (Multiple recipients of Bawdy Filking) Errors-To: bawdy-owner@bdragon.shore.net Sender: bawdy-owner@bdragon.shore.net Precedence: bulk Received: from amc.de (mail.amc.de [193.96.219.1]) by shore.shore.net (8.8.3/8.8.2) with ESMTP id DAA13247 for ; Tue, 15 Jul 1997 03:01:28 -0400 (EDT) Received: by internet01.amc.de id <16646>; Tue, 15 Jul 1997 08:56:47 +0100 In-Reply-To: from "Ed Cray" at Jul 8, 97 04:11:56 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24 PGP3 *ALPHA*] Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Status: RO X-Status: Ed Cray wrote: > An exchange of messages re: this poem suggests that some of you may have > heard this epic sung. Have any of you sung it? And if so, to what tune? I judt found that it scanned (the version I had, anyway) to "Rolling Down to Old Maui" (better known in filk circles (pun unavoidable) as "Falling Down on New Jersey" / "Falling Down on Milton Keynes"), so that's the tune I use. With the bit about: So pull up a chair, and buy me a drink, And a tale to you I'll tell, Of Dead-eye Dick with his muscular prick, And the harlot called Eskimo Nell. as an occasional chorus. > Until now, I had known this only as a recitation. I've only heard of it from other people as a recitation, until someone here mentioned another tune (Anthony or Joy?). I would like to hear the 'real' tune if there is one (or one which is at least known by other people for it).. Chris -- Bawdy Mailing List To post to the list, send a message to bawdy-l@bdragon.shore.net To (un)sub-scribe, send a message to listserv@bdragon.shore.net -- |Gateway: Black Dragon Inn |GateOp: root@bdragon.shore.net