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Posted By: Charley Noble
13-Nov-02 - 08:36 AM
Thread Name: Help: Author of The Fox [went out on a…]
Subject: RE: Help: Author of The Fox [went out on a…]
In his FOLK SONG BOOK Richard Dyer-Bennet observes:
"I have heard many versions of this song, which is widely known in England and America. The Opies, in their OXFORD DICTIONARY OF NURSERY RHYMES, speak of an 1810 printed collection containing one verse, and also refer to a memorandum by Sir Walter Scott (c. 1826) listing this among old songs he knows."