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[citation needed] The earliest documented reference is The Hackney Scout Song Book (Stacy & Son Ltd, 1921). It also appears in The Oxford Song Book, Vol.2, Collected and arranged by Thomas Wood (Oxford University Press, 1927). The song has a simple repetitive structure. [1] [2]
First printed in December 1921, the last edition was published in 1972. The book has its origin in a series of indoor "campfire" gatherings for Hackney Scouts organised by Stanly Ince, a local Scout Commissioner, who had been paralyzed by polio following his service in World War I. Guests to these meetings included Robert Baden-Powell, the ...
Hickey first played hurling at club level with the St Lachtain's club in Freshford. He was part of the St Lachtain's team that won the Kilkenny JHC title in 1959. Hickey later captained St Lachtain's to their very first Kilkenny SHC title after a defeat of the Near South in 1961. He claimed a second Kilkenny SHC medal in 1963. [2]
The Editorial Board of the Boy Scouts of America: William D. Murray, George D. Pratt, and Frank Presbrey. [3] [2] The collection would only contain books that "are of interest to boys". The first 25 volumes would be "works of fiction or stirring stories of adventurous experiences" while later ones may contain more serious material.
The National Song Book (1906) was a collection of British songs edited and arranged by Charles Villiers Stanford and published by Boosey & Co London.The book's publication followed Stanford's work editing three volumes on the collection made by George Petrie of the folk music of Ireland and he was supported in this by Arthur Somervell (his ex-pupil and Inspector of Music at the Board of ...
"Sarasponda" is a children's nonsense song that has been considered a popular campfire song. It is often described to be a spinning song, that is, a song that would be sung while spinning at the spinning wheel.
Edmund Butler, 1st Earl of Kilkenny, 12th Viscount Mountgarret (6 January 1771 – 16 July 1846) was created Earl of Kilkenny on 20 December 1793. [1] The son of Edmund Butler, 11th Viscount Mountgarret and Henrietta Butler, he was thus a member of the powerful Butler Dynasty descended from the House of Butler of Ormond, who purchased and resided at Kilkenny Castle from 1391 to 1967.
Another variation is sung at the opening and closing campfires at Ma-Ka-Ja-Wan Scout Reservation in Pearson, Wisconsin. [citation needed] Cuyuna Scout Camp of Crosslake, Minnesota uses this song as one of the three it uses to close its Sunday and Friday night campfire programs, [8] as does Camp Babcock-Hovey in Ovid, New York. [citation needed]