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Thread #139937   Message #3978867
Posted By: Jim Carroll
25-Feb-19 - 03:22 AM
Thread Name: Origins: Irish songs in Public Domain
Subject: RE: Origins: Irish songs in Public Domain
"Wild Mountain Thyme, or Go Lassie Go, was written in the 1950s by Francis McPeak of Belfast. "
Francie took that to court and lost the case - the song is a version of Braes of Balquither
He claimned the song belonged to the Family - he never said he'd written it
Jim Carroll