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Thread #166659 Message #4009169
Posted By: Steve Gardham
16-Sep-19 - 05:08 PM
Thread Name: Origins: John Barleycorn - But collected from Who
Subject: RE: Origins: John Barleycorn - But collected from Who
Chorus and probably tune are John Stafford at Bishop's Sutton, Som. 27 Aug 1906. The text is either a compound or perhaps from a broadside.
I'll have look at Sharp's published versions.