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Thread #111401 Message #2347619
Posted By: MartinRyan
23-May-08 - 10:07 AM
Thread Name: Origin: Johnny I hardly knew ya
Subject: RE: Johnny I hardly knew ya
I see that the Ballad Index agrees with Lighter's scepticism about Sparling's fisherman's tale. As I'm not an archivist, I can perhaps afford to indulge my instincts about a traditional rather than bibliographic trail!