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Thread #20021 Message #207297
Posted By: GUEST,Bruce O.
05-Apr-00 - 05:56 PM
Thread Name: Origin: Wild Mountain Thyme
Subject: RE: Help: real origin of Wild Mountain Thyme
But we know that McPeake didn't write much of the song. The earliest copy of Tannahill's song that I've seen is in 'The Pocket Encyclopedia of Scottish, English and Irish Songs', I, p. 237, 1816, where it is credited to Tannahill. [A collection of his songs had been published in the US in 1814, but I've never looked at it (in Library of Congress)] The work cited contains other songs by Tannahill and confirms the date of his birth as June 3, 1774.