Talk:Where are you Going My Pretty Maid

Early Versions
According to The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations(5th ed.1999), an early printing of the text is contained in Archaeoligica Cornu-Britannica (1790) by William Pryce.

A fuller version of the text with music can be found at http://nla.gov.au/nla.mus-vn4513039 The musical setting by Isaac Nathan of the usual melody for this song predates 1864, the year of his death. It is possible that Nathan composed the melody himself, though it could be an arrangement of a preexisting tune. Isaac Nathan (1790-1864) commissioned Byron to write his poems "Hebrew Melodies" to music which he

himself [Nathan] had composed or arranged.Bkesselman (talk) 18:06, 29 July 2014 (UTC)