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Thread #172758 Message #4190999
Posted By: Lighter
19-Oct-23 - 07:53 AM
Thread Name: Tune Req: Irish Tune from Daniel Boone Series
Subject: RE: Tune Req: Irish Tune from Daniel Boone Series

J. Ferrar, "The History of Limerick" (1787), p. 122:

"Lamps were first put up in the streets of Limerick at the sole expence of Alderman Thomas Rose, in 1696." So any earlier date for the lyrics is out.

Interestingly, this highly detailed, 492-page chronicle doesn't mention either the song or the tune.

I haven't found any mention of the song specifically before 1822.