Mudcat Café message #1174871

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Thread #1193 Message #1174871
Posted By: masato sakurai
30-Apr-04 - 07:51 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Do you love me, Molly darlin?
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Do you love me, Molly darlin?

Will S. Hays used the older spelling "vail" for "veil," as in "Thro' the mystic vail of night." The version in Will S. Hays' Poems and Songs (Louisville, Ky.: Chas. T. Dearing, 1895, p. 95) has also "vail".