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Thread #133748 Message #3037214
Posted By: GUEST,cg
21-Nov-10 - 04:04 AM
Thread Name: Origins: At Jacob's Well (a Stranger Sought)
Subject: RE: Origins: At Jacob's Well (a Stranger Sought)
From the Sheffield Book of Village Carols, notes by Ian Russell. The words are incorrectly attributed to Hugh Bourne, founder of the Primitive Methodists. Chris Browne has found versions of the words in circulation before Hugh Bourne was born. The music is by James Leach of Wardle, Lancashire 1762 - 1798