Mulock Craik, Songs of our Youth

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Mulock Craik, Songs of our Youth

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These songs:

http://imslp.org/wiki/Song_of_our_youth ... MSLP260285

have been uploaded under Dinah Maria Mulock Craik's name, but it seems he didn't write much of the music for the 42 songs.

Some of the composers are identified - "The River Shore" says the music is by Dowland, there are four that list the composer as "B.R.M.", who remains unidentified, one tune is written by John Park,

Many of the rest, e.g. "Gentle Mary" says "Words by D.M.M. . . . Music - Irish".

It sems that Mulock Craik mostly added words to pre-existing tunes, although in one case, it is "John Park & D.M.M."

In three or four cases, Mulock Craik wrote both words and tune.

Not even all the words are by Mulock Craik. In a couple of cases the words are from people like Shelley (Prometheus Unbound) or Browning.

Should it stay under Mulock Craik's name, and generally, how to deal with this?
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