Finale 2011 for Windows Dolet Light for Finale 2011 2012-02-25 7.0273 40 1691 1195 57 57 57 114 57 57 57 114 0 0 103 60 0.7487 5 0.7487 0.7487 5 0.7487 1.4583 1.4583 0.7487 0.7487 60 60 GB/6b/23 The Wreck of the Royal George Sung by W. Wickham, Blackham, Sussex, May, 1907. (I noted it in G.) Take 6 Editorial note: This song was not collected by Butterworth, but by Annie Gilchrist, who wrote a letter that was attached to GB/6b/20. Her letter was subsequently annoted by Lucy Broadwood. For reasons of space, the text is quoted here, rather than with GB/6b/20. Royal George To Mr Keel: I do not think this is properly a folk-song - at any rate as regards the tune. I obtained what appears to be the chorus from a young labourer in Sussex in 1907. He had learnt it "from other men" - very likely in camp, as he had been a volunteer and had learnt other songs in a similar way. I doubt whether the tune is even as old as the time of the loss of the Royal George (1782). The phrase "little did we think of our sad misfortune" certainly has quite a modern ring. I can't account for the "fourteen hundred men, women and children" - some other wreck seems to have got mixed up with the Royal George! A.G.G. I don't think we should print this. It does not seem to me to be anything other than a reminiscence of a quite late 18th Century composed story. LEB MusicXML Part MusicXML Default 1 53 2 0 180 system 12 -2 major G 2 Chorus (in marching time) B -1 4 12 1 quarter down begin Four B -1 4 12 1 quarter down end teen B -1 4 12 1 quarter down begin hun B -1 4 12 1 quarter down end dred D 5 12 1 quarter down single men, C 5 4 1 eighth 3 2 down begin wo C 5 4 1 eighth 3 2 down end men B -1 4 4 1 eighth 3 2 down single and A 4 9 1 eighth up begin chil G 4 3 1 16th up middle der F 4 12 1 quarter up end en, F 5 12 1 quarter down begin On F 5 12 1 quarter down end ly G 5 12 1 quarter down single four F 5 6 1 eighth down single of D 5 6 1 eighth down single them B -1 4 12 1 quarter down single reached D 5 12 1 quarter down single the C 5 18 1 quarter down single shore F 4 6 1 eighth up single (And) 2 0 105 B -1 4 9 1 eighth down single all C 5 3 1 16th down single the D 5 9 1 eighth down begin Roy C 5 3 1 16th down end al B -1 4 12 1 quarter down single George F 4 12 1 quarter up single and A 4 12 1 quarter up single all B -1 4 12 1 quarter down single its C 5 9 1 eighth down begin begin glo D 5 3 1 16th down end backward hook E -1 5 12 1 quarter down end ries F 5 6 1 eighth down single They D 5 6 1 eighth down single went E -1 5 12 1 quarter down single down D 5 4 1 eighth 3 2 down single and C 5 4 1 eighth 3 2 down B -1 4 4 1 eighth 3 2 down single was C 5 12 1 quarter down single seen F 5 12 1 quarter down single no B -1 4 24 1 half down single more. 24 1 half light-heavy