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Thread #112037   Message #2366567
Posted By: SeaCanary
15-Jun-08 - 07:35 PM
Thread Name: Folklore: Source for The Hornet And The Peacock
Subject: Folklore: Source for The Hornet And The Peacock
Normally Google is my friend, but not this time.

Does anyone have any idea as to a source -- any source -- outside of this collection where I can find the song The Hornet and the Peacock?   I'm specifically interested in stuff similar to , "Collected by..." or "From the log of the ship..." or "It is the title-piece in a garland printed (or more likely, reprinted) in 1796..."   You get the idea. :-)

(If it shows up in Hugill or Huntington or Doerflinger or Palmer or Colcord I'm going to be highly chagrined.)