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Thread #36235 Message #1347539
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
04-Dec-04 - 06:03 PM
Thread Name: Origins: John Barleycorn Must Die
Subject: RE: History behind John Barleycorn Must Die
S. Baring Gould and Cecil Sharp must bear much of the blame for this song, having included it in their "English Folk Songs for Schools."
In America, we may be thankful that it never appeared in the Silver-Burdett school songbooks.