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Cutting Down the Pines written by [Traditional]
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The Knickerbocker Line was a public transport route from Brooklyn to Manhattan in New York City, named after the city’s founding Dutch settlers. Originally it was a horse-drawn omnibus, later a tram line and ultimately replaced by the subway system. This song originates from the horse-drawn omnibus era, circa 1840-1860. A version called The Stage Driver published in “Burnt Cork Lyrics” by James Unsworth in 1859 is a blackface minstrel description of a driver who falls for a pretty young girl at a stop on Broadway.
In addition to the tune, there are clear links in the opening verse to the words from Cutting Down the Pines. The song is known to have been subject to many parodies published in songsters in the 1860s. In later texts, the subject has shifted from the driver to the female passenger who further transforms to a seamstress thus creating a double meaning for knickerbocker. There is also a British variant, estimated to stem from the 1860s, in which the setting is transferred to the London to Bristol railway line and the tailoress becomes a pick-pocket stealing a watch. This was popularised in music halls and is collected as 2149 in the Roud Index of folk songs. - Licensing
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Cutting Down the Pines written by [Traditional] English
Cutting Down the Pines written by [Traditional] instrumental
Title | Performer | Release date | Info | ||
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i | Double Sledder Lad | Rufus Guinchard | 1982 |
The Knickerbocker Line written by [Traditional] English
The Bigler's Crew written by [Traditional] English
Title | Performer | Release date | Info | ||
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The Trip of the Bigler | Stanley Baby | 1964 | |||
The Bigler | Jolly Jack | 1983 | |||
The Bigler's Crew | Lee Murdock | 1989 |
The Dogger Bank written by [Traditional] English
The Station Cook written by [Traditional] English
Title | Performer | Release date | Info | ||
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The Station Cook | Burl Ives | February 1953 | |||
The Station Cook | Gary Shearston | June 1965 |
The Lachlan Tigers written by [Traditional] English
Title | Performer | Release date | Info | ||
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The Lachlan Tigers | A.L. Lloyd | 1956 | |||
Lachlan Tigers | Gary Shearston | March 1964 | |||
The Lachlan Tigers | Martyn Wyndham Read | April 1966 | |||
Lachlan Tigers | The Bushwackers Band | 1977 | |||
Lachlan Tigers | Cobbers | 1977 | |||
Lachlan Tigers | The Sandsacks | March 2012 |
The Road to Clady written by [Traditional] English
Title | Performer | Release date | Info | ||
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The Road to Clady | Gerry O'Connor and Eithne Ní Uallacháin | 1991 | |||
The Road to Clady | Ruth Keggin | February 15, 2014 | |||
The Road to Clady | Craobh Rua | 2014 |
Arkle written by Dominic Behan English
Title | Performer | Release date | Info | ||
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Arkle | Dominic Behan | April 1965 | First release | ||
Arkle | Seamus Kennedy | 2005 |
Bachgen Bach o Dincer written by Thomas Parry, [Traditional] Welsh
Title | Performer | Release date | Info | ||
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Bachgen Bach o Dincer | Meredydd Evans | 1954 | First release | ||
Bachgen Bach o Dincer | Helen Wyn | 1965 | |||
Bachgen Bach o Dincer | Swyn | 1975 | |||
Bachgen Bach o Dincer | Yr Hwntws | 1982 | |||
Bachgen Bach o Dincer | Siwsann George | September 1994 | |||
Bachgen Bach o Dincer | Never Mind the Bocs | 2004 | |||
Bachgen Bach o Dincar | Cerys Matthews | June 21, 2010 |
Bachgen Bach o Dincer written by Jenny Sorrenti, Marcello Vento Multiple languages
Title | Performer | Release date | Info | ||
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Bachgen Bach o Dincer | Jenny Sorrenti | May 2009 | First release |