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User Name | Thread Name | Subject | Posted |
Murray | Lyr Req: The Highland Cradle Song (25) | RE: The Highland Cradle Song | 07 Dec 97 |
As "Cradle Song" this is in (e.g.) the Scots Guards Standard Settings book; but in Kerr's "Merry Melodies" (vol. 3) it's a waltz called "Why did my Massa Sell Me?" !! -- so it may indeed be an import from the minstrel shows. I haven't traced the American song, however, and I don't know of any Scottish words. |