> BTW, does anyone have an authentic text of early date for *Pharaoh's
> Daughter*, said to be by Michael Moran ('Zozimus'), the early 19th C
Dublin
> street singer of whom Yeats wrote a memoir? Some versions mention a
> 'skivvy'.
Dunno if this helps, Christopher:
The Finding of Moses
Zozimus (Michael Moran, 1794-1846)
... last lines ...
They sent a bellman to the Market Square
To see if he could find a skivvy there.
But the only young one that the man could find.
Was the very same young one that left the child behind.
She came up to Pharoah, a stranger, mareyah,
Never lettin' on that she was the babby's ma.
And so young Moses got his mammy back
Shows that coincidence is enough to crack.
... a text also crops up in Mudcat -- "A Frank Harte special. Attributed to
a blind beggar nicknamed Zosimus". No details.
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I'll drop it in there -- knowing the tastes of the pirhanas on that
particular folksong group, give it a week at the most, and you'll have more
info than you could swing a Kilkenny cat at, but.
Robin
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