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Thread #51026   Message #775639
Posted By: Amos
02-Sep-02 - 01:24 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Maid of the Sweet Brown Knowe
Subject: RE: Info Req: Maid of the Sweet Brown Knowe
This is an interesting song -- it has a purely Gaelic antecedent with very similar refrains and tale, which must have been written a good while before the Anglo-Irish version. The Gaelic version is beautifully done by our own GG, Áine herself. The Anglo version was recorded by John McCormack, I believe.

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