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Poor Old Robinson Caruso
American, Dance and Song Tune (6/8 time).
ARTIST: Ford (Traditional Music in America), 1940; pg. 79 (Ford also prints different words for a song called "Robinson Crusoe," to a different jig tune). From Kuntz
CATEGORY: Fiddle and Instrumental Tunes;
DATE: 1750
RECORDING INFO:
OTHER NAMES/RELATED TO: "Poor Old Soldier," "The Old Soldier," "The Rogue's March."
SOURCES: A Fiddler’s Companion; Kuntz
NOTES: E Major. Standard tuning. AB. Once a song air but the melody is now better known as "The Rogue's March," which has since 1750 been the regulation drumming‑out tune for offenders from the British army.
Here are the lyrics to Poor Old Robinson Caruso:
Poor old Robinson Crusoe was lost,
On an island they say, O,
He stole him a coat from an old billy‑goat,
I don't see how he could do so.
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