Can anyone please direct me to the source of renaming Jamie Allan as
Jimmy Allen?
I have seen these in print;
* Jamie Allan ( Northumbrian Minstrelsey 1882)
* Jamie Allen (Cut & Dry Dolly sleeve notes 1976)
* James Allan (various 18th century sources) and even Jemmy Allen
(ibid.)
Apart from NPS publications I can find no other written source for the
Jimmy Allen version of his name.
As Jimmy Allen is now used nationally I do hope there is good
historical reasons for what seems to be an unwarranted and unscholarly
interference with a personal name.
Anthony Robb
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