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From: "andrea" <>
Subject: Re: [B'ham] Irish Tune
Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2001 21:33:09 +0100


It may have been a pun on the battle of the Boyne. That seems like a typical
Brummie sense of humour based on sarcasm. I have never heard the tune but
would not be surprised if it existed.
Regards
Andrea
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From: Colin & Dianne <>
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Date: 06 October 2001 06:19
Subject: [B'ham] Irish Tune


>Hi folks
>Another question to you knowlegable people.
>My mother used to tell of her grandfather George Baker a Shoemaker of
>Birmingham .
>Would stand on his front step and play a tune on his fiddle that would stir
>his irish neighbours to fight ( the strange sense of humour did not breed
>out down the generations)
>My mother said the tune was called the" battle of boiling water" . Has
>enyone an idea what it would be ???
>.
>Cheers from a wet spring day in Auckland N.Z.
>
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