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Thread #17376   Message #1189338
Posted By: pavane
20-May-04 - 04:01 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: When I Was Going o'er Salisbury Plain
Subject: RE: When I was going o're Salisbury Plain
Does anyone know where the Dransfields obtained their version and tune?

There are about a dozen versions in the Bodleian Ballad library, under the title 'Success to the Blues'

They are all very similar, but noticeably different to the Dransfields song. Not one of them mentions Salisbury plain - they all have Rosemary Hill or Rosemary Lane, and none of them mention the French at all.