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Dating the lyrics and authorship

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From what I can gather, the tune is much older than the lyrics. The best references I can find for dating the the lyrics show an unknown author but there are references for Naine, albeit without dates. I postulate that the lyrics and tune were already known but Nairne may have been the first to widely publish it. I am still trying to dig up better references. Ifnord (talk) 14:10, 23 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]