John Moulden writes:
> > Irish, though printed in London. "Rine" = Ryan
>
> I thnk this would be better put as a conjecture - it may be true and I think
> it is but you offer no evidence other than a phonetic similarity.
Not my conjecture; that was a quote from the editors, presumably based
on other texts and Irish broadsides. I've heard other references to
this song being Irish, too, but I don't know the reasons for that conclusion.
-Don Duncan
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