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Thread #2708   Message #11613
Posted By: alison
01-Sep-97 - 12:13 AM
Thread Name: Origin: Dumbarton's Drums
Subject: RE: Dumbarton's Drums-History?
Hi

It is Scottish.

The only thing written about it in my "Songs of Scotland" book is that the text first appeared in 1724, in the first volume of Allan Ramsay's "Tea-table Miscellany,". In 1733 it appeared with text and tune in William Thompson's "Orpheus Caledonius."

Good luck with the project, hope this helps.

Slainte

Alison