Talk:Aura Lea

Short
Isn't there a shorter version? I know the short one... The first stanza


 * As the blackbird in the spring
 * neath the willow tree
 * sat and piped I heard him sing
 * singing "Aura Lee"

--98.64.110.201 (talk) 16:04, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

Aura Lea melody
The melody I have always known has first line "E" for the second eighth note in the second and sixth measures. I believe the F sharps here should be corrected, unless the present inferior melody was the original (which I doubt).

Djedouel (talk) 23:17, 29 July 2011 (UTC)djedouel
 * Lovely catch, Djedouel! Here's hoping I can remember how I made that screenshot last time... -- SarekOfVulcan (talk) 02:55, 30 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Fixed, but there's a problem with thumbnail generation on Commons, so it won't show up for a bit, unfortunately. Thank you!-- SarekOfVulcan (talk) 14:56, 30 July 2011 (UTC)

"Version" or "Edition" ??
With reference to the caption of the image of the sheet music cover from the South--if the lyrics differ (as the Union and Confederate renditions of "Rally 'Round the Flag" do, for example) then it would be legitimate to refer to a Confederate "version." Given that this is a love song and not, to my knowledge, connected with the war, or the sectional conflict in any way, is that not simply a different edition? Terry J. Carter (talk) 01:34, 8 July 2012 (UTC)

Civil War song
Why is it called an "American Civil War song" in the lead? There is no reference to war in the lyrics, and there is nothing in the article about it being sung by Civil War soldiers of either side. Either an explanation of the term should be given, or it should be changed to something like "a love song written in the American Civil War period". 78.153.204.55 (talk) 09:26, 24 June 2019 (UTC)
 * I've done it myself. 78.153.204.55 (talk) 11:53, 25 June 2019 (UTC)