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Thread #66367 Message #1103651
Posted By: Stilly River Sage
28-Jan-04 - 02:14 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Earliest known English folk song
Subject: RE: Origins: Earliest known English folk song
Chaucer wrote in what is commonly referred to as middle English.
Shouldn't this question really be "what is the oldest recorded song of the British Isles?" rather than limiting it to English in its various forms?