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Thread #46011 Message #682726
Posted By: Snuffy
04-Apr-02 - 08:34 AM
Thread Name: Origins/Chords-Band Played Waltzing Matilda(Bogle)
Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: And the Band played Waltzing Matil

Waltzing Matilda is earlier than the first recorded appearance of Marching through Rochester, which can not be traced back much more than 100 years. For this reason MTR was excluded from the Penguin Book of English Folksongs.
As is stated above, the tune was adapted from the Scottish "Braes of Balquidder"
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