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Thread #4320 Message #23355
Posted By: Bruce O.
09-Mar-98 - 03:16 PM
Thread Name: ADD: Jowan Blunt / Mr. John Blunt (Bar the Door)
Subject: RE: LYR ADD JOWAN BUNT
James Dick in 'The Songs of Robert Burns' *#335) takes the John Blunt version of this Child ballad to be by Robert Burns, and cites a manuscript copy in Burns handwriting. Song is in 'The Scots Musical Museum', #365.