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Thread #46091 Message #683455
Posted By: Steve Parkes
05-Apr-02 - 02:26 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: The Maid of the Mountain
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Maid of the Mountain
Writer Dan Farson claimed "Mary from the mountain glen" was written as an insult to Victorian worthy James K Steven (whom he'd fingered as the most likely Jack the Ripper) on the evidence of "They called the bastard Steven"!.