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Thread #144934 Message #3352522
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
18-May-12 - 02:01 PM
Thread Name: Question about Lakes of Pontchartrain song
Subject: RE: Question about Lakes of Pontchartrain song
Correction- song learned in America.
Quoting from Sam Henry, Songs of the People -
"Source: Paddy M'Closkey (Carnamenagh, Corkey Co,, Antrim), learned from Frank M'Allister (Carnagall, Corkey Co., Antrim) c. 1905, learned when a woodsman in America."
(Published 12 Oct. 1935; Laws H9)
(Columns 1923-1939)