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Thread #38159 Message #3067322
Posted By: Jack Campin
04-Jan-11 - 06:29 PM
Thread Name: Oro Se Do Bheatha Bhaile
Subject: RE: Oro Se Do Bheatha Bhaile
It's part of a variation set on "Johnny Cope" composed not long after the song first appeared (early 1750s). The resemblance to "Oro se" seems too strong to be coincidence. (Slightly less close to "Drunken sailor").