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Thread #10325   Message #4201708
Posted By: Lighter
28-Apr-24 - 08:06 AM
Thread Name: Origin: Riley's Daughter / Reilly's Daughter
Subject: RE: Origin: Riley's Daughter / Reilly's Daughter
A still earlier reference to the song:

"Bar Room Concerts at Dartmouth Hall on Tuesday Evening, July 25,” Dartmouth Oestrus I (No. 3) (July, 1855):

“Professor John Newton will preside at the organ and favor the rabble with several sacred songs, such as ‘Oh, I’m a used up man,’ ‘One-eyed Riley,’ and others.”