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RTim Origins: Bold Manning - Roud 673 (13) RE: Origins: Bold Manning - Roud 673 10 Oct 23

So what have we learnt..?
A mention of the song in a 1868 English Magazine..
A reference to the song being sung in New South Wales, Australia in 1848..
Collected in Hampshire in 1906 and 1907..
The Greig/Duncan collection did not start until 1902...and it is the only Scottish version
The Canadian Maritimes collecting did not happen until later....
The total lack of any Broadsides is odd but interesting..

But again...it all doesn't matter...It's a great song..

Thanks all for your input...let's hope for more info in the future..

Tim Radford

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