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Thread #172758   Message #4190995
Posted By: Lighter
11-Oct-23 - 04:21 PM
Thread Name: Tune Req: Irish Tune from Daniel Boone Series
Subject: RE: Tune Req: Irish Tune from Daniel Boone Series
If the show is set before the Revolution, there's very little chance, if any, that the tune was then known on the western frontier.

First time in print: 1785, in a simpler form than nowadays.