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Thread #125089   Message #2767041
Posted By: Jack Campin
16-Nov-09 - 12:03 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Should we sing the Wild Rover sober?
Subject: RE: Origins: Should we sing the Wild Rover sober?
It isn't Irish, and it predates the temperance movement - it dates from the late 17th century, and was written by a puritanical Londoner who would have been horrified at the idea of his song being adopted as an anthem by drunken Papists.