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About Some Familiar Songs and Their Origins
A retrospective survey lists songs and their doubtful roots from 1620 to 1740. It cites "The Wearing of the Green" and "The Last Rose of Summer" with notes on British and Irish origins, authors, and performers, including references to Moore, Burns, and poets like May Crawford and Tady, alongside discussion of misattributed ancestry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wael
Allan Water
Matthew Gregory-Lewis
Monte Linnis
Fastinors
Irhem Scott
Youn
Simonmely
Joseph Edwards Carpenter
Domlboy and Son
Itule
Brittania
Ty Faroes Thompson
Thonoxoh and
Mallet
Shaun Tie
Devan
Syegeul
Battery de New York
Tuusie
Meaney Tusch
Sumer
Thais Moore
Scotland
Ann M’viean
Grant
May Crawford
Trish Tady
Cate
Kenibury