The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #2861   Message #3564772
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
06-Oct-13 - 04:27 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Gentle Annie (Stephen Foster)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Gentle Annie (Stephen Foster)
No appreciable resemblance except both tunes are within the 4-line verse framework. Methinks Mr. McLean has an overactive imagination. He had also suggested Scottish tune origin for "Old Black Joe."