The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #137594 Message #3149248
Posted By: Jack Campin
06-May-11 - 11:41 AM
Thread Name: public domain
Subject: RE: public domain
"The Parting Glass" dates back to 1625 (for the tune) and a bit before 1800 (for the words), both in Scottish versions, but if you want to *call* it "The Parting Glass" you're using a title slapped on to it by an Irish singer in the last generation (who also changed a couple of words in the text).
Go back to older print sources and you can find something essentially indistinguishable but which you can know to be PD.