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Thread #45175   Message #666539
Posted By: greg stephens
10-Mar-02 - 07:24 PM
Thread Name: Source of melody: Lady Franklin's Lament?
Subject: RE: Source of melody:Lady Franklin's Lament?
Doubt if you'll ever find the origin of an old tune, but other places you might look are two songs "The croppy boy" and "MacAffery" which go back a couple of hundred years(ish). Might have to try a few variant spellings to find the second one.