Mudcat Café message #3791284

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Thread #159951 Message #3791284
Posted By: Lighter
20-May-16 - 07:47 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Trooper Cut Down in His Prime (Roy Palmer
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'Trooper Cut Down in His Prime' - Palmer

That's correct, cnd.

Thanks to everyone who replied, but it's Palmer's version or nothing!

Palmer's book "Love is Pleasing" was published in 1974.

The song was collected by Frank Kidson in 1892.

Am not sure that MacColl ever gave the source of the version he recorded.