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June 7, 2012 1:51 PM Subscribe
Did I imagine this folk song?
Trying to find a folk song whose verse or chorus concludes ...by the banks of the River Tamar. Or possibly ...on the banks of the River Tamar. I'm pretty sure I sang it at school thirty years ago but there is also a possibility I invented it to irritate my music teacher who was Cornish. I can sing it for you as a last resort but am hopeful this won't be necessary. Tamar is sung Taaaay-maarrr. If that helps at all.
Trying to find a folk song whose verse or chorus concludes ...by the banks of the River Tamar. Or possibly ...on the banks of the River Tamar. I'm pretty sure I sang it at school thirty years ago but there is also a possibility I invented it to irritate my music teacher who was Cornish. I can sing it for you as a last resort but am hopeful this won't be necessary. Tamar is sung Taaaay-maarrr. If that helps at all.
Are you sure it's "Tamar"? As opposed to something that just sounds a lot like it, like "Daymar" or "Kamar" or something?
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 1:57 PM on June 8, 2012
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 1:57 PM on June 8, 2012
I think you were playing off the structure of "Banks of the Ohio," so as to annoy your Cornish teacher. The way I'm reading your pronunciation of Tamar would be very similar to the phrasing of Banks of the Ohio. Link is to chorus of Banks of Ohio.
posted by heigh-hothederryo at 6:42 PM on June 8, 2012
posted by heigh-hothederryo at 6:42 PM on June 8, 2012
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posted by scruss at 2:31 PM on June 7, 2012