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Thread #20116   Message #770500
Posted By: CraigS
23-Aug-02 - 07:08 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: I Know My Love
Subject: RE: Req. I know my love
There is a confounding here -

There is a song, THE QUEEN OF HEARTS, which is of Scottish origin, and relates to the marriage of Elizabeth, who was the elder sister of James I of England, and a very nice person, to the ELector of Hanover, who was a complete pillock save for the fact that Elizabeth loved him dearly. The Queen of hearts does not come with the chorus - Martin Carthy did a very nice version - I know my love is later, Irish, and sets the same events into a more common surrounding. While I know my love is more commonly known, much of the sentiment and meaning (Jacobite in nature) is lost in it