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Thread #162932   Message #3882386
Posted By: Albatross
15-Oct-17 - 11:29 AM
Thread Name: Origins: Oh my darling Clementine
Subject: RE: Origins: Oh my darling Clementine
Hi Jason Xion Wang,
Yes, very popular in China. Maybe exported to China from Britain or America? 100 years ago?

Yes, thanks Steve Gardham. Written by a Percy Montrose in 1884. Montrose is a famous Scottish surname relevant to the Jacobite Rebellions.

Was Percy Montrose a Victorian romantic Scottish Catholic emigrated to America? Perhaps inspired by his family history and the history of the three Jacobite Rebellions? The song of 1884 was based on an earlier song - Down by the River Liv'd a Maiden (1863)
by H. S. Thompson. The river Oder runs through Olava. Thompson is also a Scottish name and connected with Culloden.

1863 is more than one hundred years after the last 1745 rebellion. I guess we can always see connections if we look hard enough. But it is interesting. The Jacobite Rebellions inspired and spawned many romantic folk songs and tunes.