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Here's Adieu

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Alternative title: Here's Adieu to all Judges and Juries

Performer: Hacklett, Mr.
Place Collected: Winchcombe
Date collected: 1908 (5 Apr)
Collector: Grainger, Percy
Roud Number: 300

A song which would have been very pertinent when transportation for sometimes menial offences was a real possibility. As a complete song it has been found rarely in oral tradition, and mainly in the southern counties, but some of the verses have found their way, as floating verses, into other songs, A better known version of the same song is the Australian “Botany Bay”.

Notes by Gwilym Davies 13 May 2015

Media & Downloads

Video - Worcester Volcano Community Choir
Hear the song/tune as collected (link):
See the song/tune as collected (PDF file)
Hear the song/tune (midi file)
Version to sing (PDF file)
Hear a version to sing (midi file)

Modern recording performed by: Puzzlejug

Modern recording performed by: Bristol Ceilidh Quartet

Song/tune as collected (abc file)
Version to sing (abc file)
Arrangement for choir
Arrangement for choir hear the soprano part
Arrangement for choir hear the alto part
Arrangement for choir hear the tenor part
Arrangement for choir hear the bass part
Arrangement for choir hear the four parts