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Thread #55594 Message #864845
Posted By: Robin
11-Jan-03 - 08:31 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Finding of Moses / Pharaoh's Daughter
Subject: Finding of Moses / Pharoah's Daughter
In A World Elsewhere, the question came up:
"
BTW, does anyone have an authentic text of early date for *Pharaoh's
Daughter*, said to be by Michael Moran ('Zozimus'), the early 19th C Dublin street singer of whom Yeats wrote a memoir? Some versions mention a 'skivvy'
"
Digitrad has a text, FINDING OF MOSES (Zozimus?)-- clicky
... but no details.
Elsewhere, I've found the text attributed as "The Finding of Moses"
Zozimus (Michael Moran, 1794-1846), which goes beyond what's there in Digitrad.
So anyone got any more? Specifically, an early-dated text.
The question turns on the use of the word "skivvy" in the final stanza.
Thanks in advance.
Robin