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Thread #171686 Message #4152949
Posted By: GUEST,Phil d'Conch
19-Sep-22 - 06:17 AM
Thread Name: Origins: Faithless Sally Brown
Subject: RE: Origins: Faithless Sally Brown
The citation in the OP cleary refers to the shanty, not to the poem.
From the linked thread:
"Sally Brown - Roud 2628. – James Bounds - Portsmouth
(GG/1/14/885) – Tune & Text – Bounds – 5 Aug 1907
Collected by Dr. G. Grardiner."
The OP refers to a stage 1822 act. How did you get such clarity working back from 1907, absent lyrics and/or music?