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Thread #23255   Message #3594431
Posted By: Tattie Bogle
21-Jan-14 - 07:56 PM
Thread Name: Lyr/Tune Add: Mary of Argyle
Subject: RE: Lyr/Tune Add: Mary of Argyle
Here you are, from the National Library of Scotland! So it seems the song was about Burns' Highland Mary, although not written by him.
http://digital.nls.uk/broadsides/broadside.cfm/id/20798
Various recordings of it, including John Cormack, but I particularly remember Kenneth McKellar doing it.