John Moulden---one of the ballads sung to me by my old neighbour 50yrs. back was "Campbells Farewell To New Cumnock". I would be interested in seeing the broadside of the Irish version of this ballad,can you point me in the direction where I can obtain a sight of the words for this one. As you know there were many connections between the South West of Scotland and Ireland. Campbell was a common name in the Cumnock/New Cumnock area Campbell being the family name of the Earls of Loudon and it spread widely over S.W.S. from the 14th. C.
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