Recording Kipling.27s ballads Peter Bellamy
when composing musical settings kipling s poetry, bellamy had theory, shared many others, highly metrical poets kipling used song tunes keep poems flowing properly. of kipling s contemporaries confirm in habit of humming , whistling composed. has, example, been claimed in loot, there hidden tune being worked to, , nothing else can explain strange refrains. bellamy became excited when line in dutch in medway our ships in every harbour.... reminded him of line in song cupid s garden twas down in portsmouth harbour... . observation suggested tune kipling poem , made him wonder whether kipling had composed tune, being common folk song in 19th century , part of repertoire of remarkable copper family of sussex had lived in rottingdean when kipling living there. (a local man called copper appears briefly in rewards , fairies.) has been suggested kipling s name o kelly, ve heard reveille... written common irish song , army marching tune lillibullero. bellamy found different tune agreed lillibullero more have been on kipling s mind @ time of composition.
initially, bellamy s proposal record ballads vetoed kipling s daughter, , had wait until death in 1976 before permission granted kipling society.
the barrack room ballads album recorded bill leader, chris birch on fiddle , tony hall on melodeon. kipling society went on appreciate bellamy s contribution kipling s legacy , elected fellow of kipling society, becoming vice-president in 1981.
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