Klarinet Archive - Posting 000062.txt from 2004/07

From: <tony-w@-----.uk>
Subj: Re: [kl] Lilliebolero
Date: Fri, 2 Jul 2004 11:09:23 -0400

>> Purcell put his name to it (thief) as in 1689 he
>> titled it ´A new Irish Tune´, and because there
>> is an alleged Dutch origin for the tune a
>> century and a half earlier.

>So there's another piece of the history. This melody has led a varied
>life 'on the street' !
>What I can't find is any explanation of how an American got his hands on
>this song and rewrote it while retaining a name tag as unmistakable as
>"laroo laroo". A Google search for:
>"Lillie Bolero" Italy OR Italian gives no hits.

>What the heck, maybe we should rewrite it once again.... for Brittany
>Spears or Eminem....

. . . or even Britney Spears - we ain`t got no dolls over here who marry for
24 hours!
Tony W.

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