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Thread #76541   Message #1357517
Posted By: Malcolm Douglas
15-Dec-04 - 08:51 AM
Thread Name: Tune Req: Mary Scott (from 'Master and Commander')
Subject: RE: Tune Req: Help: Searching for song 'Mary Scott'
Not Irish. There are two possibilities (I haven't seen the film): Mary Scott, a march composed by the Scottish violinist (he preferred that to "fiddler") James Scott Skinner (1843-1927); and Mary Scott (the Flower of Yarrow), a tune found under various names in both Southern Scotland and Northern England, first appearing in the early 18th century.