Mudcat Café message #1932472

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Thread #28589 Message #1932472
Posted By: Fred McCormick
10-Jan-07 - 01:05 PM
Thread Name: Origin: She Moved Through the Fair
Subject: RE: Help: She Moved Through the Fair

Hugh Shields discussed the origins of this song, and the relationship of the traditional versions to Padraic Colum's rewrite in a detailed article called "The Proper Words". Irish University Review Vol 5. 1975.