The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #3275 Message #2432760
Posted By: Keith A of Hertford
06-Sep-08 - 03:12 PM
Thread Name: Help: The Foggy Dew: Sud el Bar? Huns?
Subject: RE: The Foggy Dew (NOT Bachelor)
It has the sound of Gaelic poetry, but it is also heard in older English song. He may still have written the line independently, but it is at least possible that he just liked the sound of the line in the older song.