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Re: CBS sounder

To: boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org
Subject: Re: CBS sounder
From: Richard Chonak <rac@gabriel.cambridge.ma.us>
Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2000 22:20:41 -0500
In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 30 Dec 2000 21:48:34 EST." <15886-3A4E9E82-10286@storefull-158.iap.bryant.webtv.net>
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Howard set me straight about the old BBC news theme:

> That tune, familiar to SWLs for generations,  is "Lilli Burlero," and is
> more a folk song than a march, with lyrics born in Ulster in the 1840s
> and  a melody composed by Henry Purcell. A search unearthed a page --
> http://www.contemplator.com/folk2/lilli.html -- that will tell you more
> than you possibly need to know about the song.

Thanks for the info.  
--RC

References:
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  - From: hmglaz@webtv.net (Howard Glazer)

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