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Thread #158530 Message #3829395
Posted By: GUEST,Linda
29-Dec-16 - 02:36 PM
Thread Name: Origins: There Was a Pig That Went out to Dig....
Subject: RE: Origins: There Was a Pig That Went out to Dig....
This song is one of a bunch handed down in my family (Elwell, my mother's side), who came to New England from Dorset in the late 1600's. Minor key, not I Saw Three Ships, but otherwise our tradition agrees to Ms Mason's statement referenced above.