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Thread #52843 Message #815075
Posted By: GUEST
31-Oct-02 - 08:05 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: The Buck's Elegy (corrupt text?)
Subject: RE: BUCK'S ELEGY -- A corrupt text?
A slightly earlier copy of the tune "The Unfortunate Rake" is known. For the source of it, and commentary on American spin-offs of the song see the Ballad-L Archives (use Google) for October, 1999.