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Posted By: GUEST,cynthia
12-Nov-08 - 03:46 AM
Thread Name: DTStudy: Farewell to Nova Scotia
Subject: RE: DTStudy: Farewell to Nova Scotia
The words and music are traditional, and therefore in the public domain. This means that anyone can record a version of it without having to pay royalties, and they do; most famously, the song has been covered by Ian and Sylvia and later the Irish Rovers, but innumerable others have done so as well.
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