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Thread #32830 Message #433975
Posted By: GUEST,Bruce O.
05-Apr-01 - 02:43 PM
Thread Name: Come down the stairs, Peggy my Dear?
Subject: RE: Come down the stairs, Peggy my Dear?
I left the Scots versions and it's history there to Emily Lyle in 'The Greig-Ducan Folk Songs Collection'. The original Irish and the American versions, and the history of it's tune, 1784 to as late as the Civil War in the USA, is in the Scarce Songs 1 file on my website). Look for "Pretty Peggy" in the index and click on it. Click