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Thread #127487 Message #3731748
Posted By: Lighter
20-Aug-15 - 07:59 AM
Thread Name: lyr/Origins: Pretty polly (Knife in the Window)
Subject: RE: lyr/Origins: Pretty polly (Knife in the Window)
Steve, what we need then is a copy of Lover's 1830s sheet music.
The British Library Catalogue lists Lover's "Songs of Rory O'More" (London, 1837).
That would be the item to examine. No copy appears to be on line.
The collection of six songs was noticed in the "Spectator" X (June 3, 1837), 523.