Rue and Thyme was a particularly sentimental song to Maureen Jelks....my pal! The story she told me was that she had been to a festival down south and had learned it on the way back home to Scotland...she loved it so much. Maureen gave me the words and I'd jotted down that Carol Prior had heard Sylvia Barnes sing this ,but Ellen Mitchell had given it to Maureen. This may or may not make sense... but it's as I got it from Maureen herself. So sad that Maureen is no longer here to tell us.
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