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Thread #81734 Message #1498872
Posted By: LadyJean
03-Jun-05 - 12:28 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: The Miserable End of Bannister (1600)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: The Miserable End of Bannister (1600)

I'd like the history behind this. Presumably the Richard is Richard III. But the song is dated 1600, so it was written more than a hundred years after the event.