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Thread #127369   Message #2840108
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
15-Feb-10 - 01:55 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Down in the Willow Garden
Subject: RE: Origins: Down in the Willow Garden
The Traditional Ballad Index lists Cox 1917 as their earliest entry, as "Rose Connoley." It dates the Grayson-Whitter recording as 1927.

The suggestion in Moore's letter (Coltman post) of the meaning of "burglar's wine" seems logical; I have read of the practice, but haven't seen this name before.