The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #187   Message #2583524
Posted By: Steve Gardham
07-Mar-09 - 05:43 PM
Thread Name: Origin: Farewell, My Bluebell? / Blue Bell
Subject: RE: Origin: Farewell, My Bluebell / Blue Bell
There is an older song 'My Own Blue Bell' on the same theme dating back at least to c1800.
It starts,'My own Blue Bell, my pretty Blue Bell' There are versions on broadsides in the Madden Collection. I'd imagine there will be some in the Bodl as well. It has two 12-line stanzas and a chorus.