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Thread #167407   Message #4037566
Posted By: GUEST,Starship
04-Mar-20 - 07:39 PM
Thread Name: Tune Req: Not THAT Maggie May
Subject: RE: Tune Req: Not THAT Maggie May
I wonder if the attached (When I Came Back From Sea) had any influence on the song you're looking for:

https://books.google.ca/books?id=dEhGAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA237&lpg=PA237&dq=For+I+sang+to+marry+sweet+Maggie+May&source=bl&ots=ee7MLdIlD

That's from 1860.