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Thread #79723   Message #1447251
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
30-Mar-05 - 05:55 PM
Thread Name: eyes did sparkle like diamonds/Bonny Brown Hair
Subject: RE: Origins: Her eyes they did sparkle like diamonds
There seem to be many small differences in the way singers express this song. The lyrics of the two versions in Sam Henry are not quite the same as the two given in this thread, but are not enough different to justify repeating here.

"Sam Henry's Songs of the People," pp. 394-395. One of the tunes, (b, key of G) is in "the ancient Irish gapped scale." The other, key of F, is attributed to Patrick McCloskey of Sawell.