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>>> Does anyone know when Rocky Road to Dublin was written? >> It was in O'Neill's Dance Music of Ireland (1905?), but there is an >> earlier sighting in Ryan's Mammoth Collection (1883)... > I've checked and the one in Mammoth is a different tune with the same > title. It was written as a song originally. The tune, though, seems to me to be a derivative of "Ay Waukin O". ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jack Campin: 11 Third Street, Newtongrange, Midlothian EH22 4PU; 0131 6604760 <http://www.purr.demon.co.uk/jack> * food intolerance data & recipes, Mac logic fonts, Scots traditional music files and CD-ROMs of Scottish music. ----> off-list mail to "j-c" rather than "scots-l" at this site, please <---- Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music & Culture List - To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
