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Thread #109913   Message #2302082
Posted By: Jim McLean
31-Mar-08 - 11:46 AM
Thread Name: Wild Mountain Thyme - Why doesn't it rhyme
Subject: RE: Wild Mountain Thyme - Why doesn't it rhyme
Jack, the words I posted are entirely by Tannahill. John Hamilton, as you know, wrote a similar song which I am sure Tannahill decided to rewrite. He knew Hamilton and the air he used which was Burn's version of the Trad dance tune The Braes o' Balquhidder first printed by David Young in 1740 which Bremner (et al)copied.