Mudcat Café message #1499151

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Thread #81725 Message #1499151
Posted By: McGrath of Harlow
03-Jun-05 - 09:58 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Pronunciation req's for British Subjects
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Pronounciation req's for British Subj

I don't think that the term "whig" would have come into use as early as 1647, but not for another 30 years. I'd have thoiught a song with a verse like that woudl have been more likely from a Jacobite source, dating from a tiem after the coup that sent James II into exile.