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Thread #106161   Message #2191732
Posted By: GUEST,Murray on Saltspring
12-Nov-07 - 01:50 AM
Thread Name: Tune Req: Derwentwater's Farewell
Subject: RE: Tune Req: Derwentwater's Farewell
Susan - Mick's quote from Simpson [p. 355] gives my source - though it's "Orpheus Caledonius", notice. The ballad is the one beginning "Twas at the silent Midnight-Hour, When all were fast asleep; In glided Margaret's grimly Ghost, And stood at William's feet". Words by Scots poet David Mallet [or Malloch].