LL-L "Songs" 2003.03.08 (03) [E]

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From: Sandy Fleming [sandy at scotstext.org]
Subject: "Songs"

> From: Allison Turner-hansen <athansen at arches.uga.edu>
> Subject:  LL-L "Songs" 2003.03.07 (05) [E/S]
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> Dear Lowlanders:
> Perhaps you all know this, but the term "gringos" used by Mexicans
> to refer to northwestern Europeans arose from the song "Green Grow the
> Rashes O".  The cowboys were always singing this song.

Note that there's also a song from England called "Green
Grow the Rushes" - nothing like the Scots one at all.

If this is the origin of "gringo" wouldn't the song more
likely have been "Green Grow the Lilacs"?

Sandy
http://scotstext.org/

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From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
Subject: Songs

"Green Grow the Rushes" (England):
http://www.acronet.net/~robokopp/english/greengro.htm

"Green Grow the Lilacs" (U.S.A.):
http://www.contemplator.com/folk2/lilacs.html

"Green Grows the Laurel" (Yorkshire, England):
http://mysongbook.de/msb/songs/r_clarke/laurel.htm

Enjoy!
Reinhard/Ron

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