The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #61609   Message #3726965
Posted By: Snuffy
29-Jul-15 - 12:16 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Maggie May (from A. L. Lloyd)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Maggie May (from A. L. Lloyd)
The idiosyncratic spelling in Picknell's journal would suggest that, if it were he who wrote down 'Nellie Ray', then he must have copied it from some other hard copy source.

But is any such source known which pre-dates the 1930 'Blue Peter' publication of Picknell's journal?