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Thread #4074   Message #3561268
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
25-Sep-13 - 04:11 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Wildwood Flower / I'll Twine 'Mid the ...
Subject: RE: Origins: Wildwood Flower / I'll Twine 'Mid the ...
"Broken Harp," Boston. 1861, is by N. P. B. Curtiss, a prolific songwriter and Mand Irving (poetry), no data. Dedicated to Miss Molly K. Moore, Calhoun Institute, Macon, Miss.

Mand = Maud? Possible, as you explain, but why would Van Namee use Maud Irving as a pseudonym in one of his books?