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Thread #8989   Message #3506591
Posted By: Jim Dixon
21-Apr-13 - 10:49 AM
Thread Name: Origins: Path Across the Ocean/Why Left I My Hame
Subject: RE: Origins: Path Across the Ocean/Why Left I My Hame
The original poem can be seen in Songs by Robert Gilfillan (Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons [etc.], 1835), page 214.

The title given there is THE EXILE'S SONG.

Words are identical to those posted by Martin Ryan above from The National Song Book.