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GUEST,JeffB Origins: Isle of St Helena (64* d) RE: Origins: Isle of St Helena 29 May 20

Thanks for those ideas. I think Metternich is certainly a good candidate for being the Prince of Gehenna, and the connection with the Holy Alliance had not occurred to me.

Incidentally, I looked at Reinhard's link and have to disagree with Bob Waltz's claim that the song was originally Irish. The Bodleian Ballads website has many imprints of this song, and one of them names the author as J. Watt. I think this must be the Scottish writer James Watt, about whom I know nothing besides his name. Even Wiki hasn't any information.

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