[78-L] O Maryland, My Christmas Tree

[David Breneman]

--- On Tue, 6/22/10, David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca> wrote:

> Which came first..O Tannenbaum or My Maryland? And when?

I take this to mean that "My Maryland" has the same melody
as "O Tannenbaum."  The German melody (although not with the
modern lyrics) was written in the mid-late 1500s.  I guess
that predates the state of Maryland, although some of those
eastern state are getting pretty geriatric.  :-)
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