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Thread #56887 Message #891937
Posted By: Malcolm Douglas
16-Feb-03 - 09:31 PM
Thread Name: Where Helen Lies/Kirkconnel Lea
Subject: RE: Where Helen Lies/Kirkconnel Lea
The song is older than Burns, and the heroine's name varies; sometimes it's Eelin. She gets shot in all the examples I've seen, though.