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Mick Pearce (MCP)	Origins: Three Merry Men of Kent (3)	RE: Origins: Three Merry Men of Kent	04 Jun 13
Chappell PMOT gives the earlier references to the ballad opera The Jovial Crew (1731) using the air as Three Merry Men of Kent. You can see that here: The Jovial Crew - And he that will not merry, merry be. His earlier reference is to Folly In Print (1667) as Three Merry Boyes of Kent. I can't see that (it's online at U,Mich if you have access), but you can see an index entry for it here: Poems in Folly In Print: Poem Title: Three merry Boyes of Kent. To the Tune of an old song, beginning thus I rode from England into France. Or to the Tune of Sir John Sucklings Ballad. Mick

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