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Thread #11606   Message #4202348
Posted By: Richard Mellish
11-May-24 - 03:41 AM
Thread Name: Lyr ADD/Origins: The Bard of Armagh
Subject: RE: Lyr ADD/Origins: The Bard of Armagh
Whether or not a Scot named Ritchie was responsible for one version of the words, the usual set strikes me as Romantic 19th century English. That style is clearly there in three of the first five words: "Oh list to the lay".