The North of Amerikay

Listen to The North of Amerikay

Sign in or sign up to favourite this tune.

History

The air bears some slight resemblance to mine.

song, may be seen in the "Journal of the Folk Song Society," Vol. II, p.

"The Battle of King's Bridge," the English version of the words of this

indicates:

song to it which was composed during the American war, as this first ver

Learned when I was a child and now written from memory. There was a

This tune

This tune has these features. Click on any of them to find tunes that match. For a more detailed search, take a look at the kinds of information page.

Song One title Only 1 transcription Has some stepwise movement major G 4/4 Has history text No chords explore more...

ABC

You can learn more at abcnotation.com.

X:15
T:The North of Amerikay
R:song
H:  Learned when I was a child and now written from memory.  There was a
H:song to it which was composed during the American war, as this first ver
H:
H:indicates:
H:"The Battle of King's Bridge," the English version of the words of this
H:song, may be seen in the "Journal of the Folk Song Society," Vol. II, p.
H:0.
H:The air bears some slight resemblance to mine.
B:
M:C
L:1/8
W:The seventeenth of June last by the dawning of the day,
W:Our ship she cast an anchor and landed in the bay;
W:Then our brave heroes bold they quickly marcheed away
W:To fight the Boston rebels in the north of Amerikay.
K:G
G|cccc B>A G/E/D/E|GAG>G G3 B|cd e/f/g a>g fd|edc>e d2 ge|
dBA<G B2 Bd|e/d/B AG G3 B/d/|ef ge/d/ BABG|BA/B/ GG G3||

This transcription was found:

• http://www.sligo-man.com/abc/index1/15.abc