Little Powder Monkey Jim Revisited: An insight into a traditional Tristan da Cunha Folk Song

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The song 'Little Powder Monkey Jim' was collected from Fred Swain on the South Atlantic island of Tristan da Cunha in 1938 and 1970. A comparative analysis of the two versions was published by Peter Munch also in 1970. This article identifies the Victorian ballad from which this song derives - 'The Powder Monkey (An Old Salt's Story)', composed in 1881 by W. Michael Watson - and briefly extends Munch's comparison backwards to the original version.

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Item Type:	Article
Authors/Creators:	Millington, Peter (p.millington@sheffield.ac.uk)
Keywords:	Tristan da Cunha, Fred Swain, Peter Munch, Roland Svensson, William Michael Watson, The Powder Monkey, Little Powder Monkey Jim, musical score, lyrics, textual comparison, oral transmission
Dates:	Published: August 2010
Institution:	The University of Sheffield
Academic Units:	The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Arts and Humanities (Sheffield) > School of English (Sheffield) > Department of English Literature (Sheffield) > National Centre for English Cultural Tradition (Sheffield) The University of Sheffield > University of Sheffield Research Centres and Institutes > National Centre for English Cultural Tradition (Sheffield)
Depositing User:	Peter Millington
Date Deposited:	21 Jul 2010 10:58
Last Modified:	17 Sep 2014 02:02
Status:	Published
Publisher:	Tristan da Cunha Association
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID):	oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:11041

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