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Thread #100465   Message #2016074
Posted By: GUEST,Bob Coltman
04-Apr-07 - 09:18 AM
Thread Name: Origins: Merrily We Roll Along
Subject: RE: Origins: Merrily We Roll Along
Good work, Masato and Q.

It sounds, then, as if Christy himself did not put "Merrily we roll along" to "Farewell Ladies," but that "Merrily" was added subsequently, perhaps by college singers at Yale.

Does that imply that the Yalies composed it?

Or does "Merrily" have a separate origin in something older?