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Subject: Re: Looking for two old poems


Author:
Cliff
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Date Posted: 17:34:37 09/07/07 Fri

Here are two refs that I found on the internet:

"A mother of Fashion was being arrayed" - - song about an inattentive mother
http://scdev.lib.byu.edu/collections/folklore/songs.pdf

The above is from a list of Irish folk songs, supports my idea that this was from Ireland. First lines only, though.

A mother of fashion was being arrayed. By her dainty French maid Babette. Her two little girls in the nursery played,. But one was her darling, her pet. ...
www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.0022-3840.1972.0601_32.x

This is from a study of American culture. It needs a subscription to get more, I am chasing that up.

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