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User Name	Thread Name	Subject	Posted
An Buachaill Caol Dubh	Lyr Req/Add: Brian O'Lynn & Tam o' the Linn (113* d)	RE: Lyr Req/Add: Brian O'Lynn & Tam o' the Linn	20 Apr 20
Note that some of your texts have "Tam o'the lin" (permutations). In Scots English, a "linn" is a waterfall. The "Linn o' Dee" is a popular beauty-spot in ?Aberdeenshire. It wouldn't be uncommon for people to be known by the name of their location, not necessarily a farm or estate (Tam o' Shanter, Logie o' Buchan, The Guidman of Ballengeich, even The Sage of Chelsea...), and I myself have known "T L of the Shore", "The McDs of the fit o' the toun", "J H of the Woodside" and "P McD of the Heather". Might the same practice not be used in a song?

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