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Annie Laurie --- 1912

English Soprano Price $3.00 in U.S.A. Patents label with 1912 date. Take 3 recorded 10/1/1909 Camden, New Jersey Three released takes of this record exist. This is take 3 based on aural evidence, referring to the below note: "...notes: Take 1—first verse "and 'tis there that"; second verse "dark blue is her ee ... lay me doon and dee"; no orchestral postlude; key of A-flat @ 76.60 rpm. Take 2—first verse "and 'twas there that"; second verse "dark blue is her eye ... lay me doon and die"; orchestral postlude; key of A-flat @76.60 rpm. Take 3—first and second verses same as take 1; orchestral postlude; key of A-flat @75.00 rpm. Source(s): John Bolig files"