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Thread #112465 Message #591859
Posted By: nutty
13-Nov-01 - 04:39 PM
Thread Name: Origin: Bedlam Boys / Tom of Bedlam
Subject: RE: Help: BEDLAM BOYS
The broadside shown here is attributed to 1660 and states that it uses "An Old Tune - Tom of Bedlam .... so the tune , if not the song was in circulation long before 1720