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"Peggy Gordon" is a Canadian folk song that has become popular in many English-speaking countries.〔(Roud Index )〕 As a folk song it was first collected in the 1950s〔Folkways FE 4307 (Maritime Folk Songs) by Grace Clergy from East Petpeswick, Nova Scotia, Canada. July 1951〕〔Edith Fowke Collection, Singer: Gooley, Bill, collected in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, July 1957〕 and 1960s〔Creighton & Senior, Traditional Songs of Nova Scotia pp.193-195〕 in Canada, mainly in Nova Scotia.〔Helen Creighton's Maritime Folk Songs, pp.74-75, "As sung by Dennis F. Murphy, the Irish Nightingale," Nova Scotia〕 ==History== In the 1820s and early 1830s, a song called "Peggy Gordon" was published on American song-sheets: in New York and in Boston (available at the libraries of Brown University, RI and the New York Historical Society).〔(''"The Water Is Wide"The History Of A "Folksong"'' ), justanothertune.com〕 A couple of decades later, a song called ''Peggy Gordon'' was mentioned in Fitz-Hugh Ludlow's story ''The Primpenny Family''. The story was published in serial form in the magazine Vanity Fair in 1861, mentioning the song in chapter VI in a conversation between Mr. Kineboy and Miss Primpenny: .〔Ludlow, Fitz-Hugh: ''The Primpenny Family'', ]〕 Another version of this song, in the form of a vaudeville song called ''Sweet Maggie Gordon'',〔(''Sweet Maggie Gordon'' ) published by Mrs. Pauline Lieder (New York 1880)〕 was published in New York from 1880.〔New York Herald, Nov. 9, 1884〕 The song tells a story of a man who is madly in love with a woman of this name and how he longs to be with her.〔(''Peggy Gordon'' )〕 In 1938, a song called ''Sweet Peggy Gordon'' was recorded by Herbert Halpert in Sloatsburg, New York. The name of the singer was Mort Montonyea.〔, Library of Congress〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Peggy Gordon」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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