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Thread #49223   Message #742476
Posted By: GUEST
04-Jul-02 - 06:02 PM
Thread Name: Help: Garryowen
Subject: RE: Help: Garryowen
The song "Garryowen" (a suburb of Limerick) is from the pantomime 'Harlequin Amulet', 1800. The tune was earlier know as "Auld Bessy" (Aird's Airs, vol. 3, 1788).

Broadside copies of the song are on the Bodleian Ballads website.