Lighterman Jim - Felix Burns

This hornpipe appears in two Felix Burns dance albums; Tower of London (1921) and Black and White (1922).

A lighterman piloted a flat-bottomed barge - a lighter - on the River Thames, conveying goods from larger boats to the shore.  To be distinguished from the watermen, who could carry passengers.


Lighterman Jim PIANO

 


Lighterman Jim For Piano Pdf
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Lighterman Jim LEADSHEET

(melody and chords)


15 Lighterman Jim LEAD Pdf
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Listen to a sample here;