Gretchen Ehrenberg wrote:

>>I have not heard the former signature tune on BBC World Service for quite
>>some time now.  I always knew at as "Oranges and Lemons"!

Deryk Barker averred:

>The old nursery rhyme O&L may well have been used by the BBC at some point,
>but it bears no relation to Lilliburlero.

Then again the Lilliburlero tune was quite popular among Orangemen - before
and during the Glorious Revolution (when it was known as "Protestant Boys"
and had appropriate lyrics).

John Dalmas
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