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Thread #25006   Message #289557
Posted By: GUEST,Bruce O.
01-Sep-00 - 06:22 PM
Thread Name: Meaning: Leaboy's Lassie
Subject: RE: Help: LEABOYS' Lassie
That song Noreen mentions is from a translation of "Shule Agrah" into Gaelic made about 1890. It's already been discussed in this forum. There are earlier versions of the song on my website and in this forum ("Johnny has gone for a solder/ Shule Aroon, etc.)