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GUEST,Charlie Origins: Rosy Betsy, blue eyed Molly Molly (39) RE: Origins: Rosy Betsy, blue eyed Molly Molly 28 Nov 16

I learned the song in grammar school in the early 1940s (Ludlow, Vermont). Couldn't remember some of the lines and note that some of you "Put on" while others "Took off" in the first line of the second verse. I put on the coat of grey and "down" matching the wren's colors. Suspect many of the words describing color, cloth, shoes, and places were localized simply because the song came from so many places.

How much better this is than some of today'songs with 3 words and 4 different notes!

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