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"It isnae me" is a poem by Sally Holmes which was set to music by the English composer Edward Elgar in 1930.[1]
The poem was first printed in Country Life magazine, and the song published in 1931 by Keith Prowse & Co. Ltd, London.
It was written at Elgar's home, "Marl Bank", near Worcester, and was dedicated to the soprano Joan Elwes,[2] whom he had admired at Three Choirs Festival. The poem was performed by her in October 1930 at a concert in Dumfries, Scotland.
The poem is in the Scots language.
- ^ Kennedy, Michael (1968). Portrait of Elgar. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-315414-5.
- ^ York Symphony Orchestra People. "Photograph of Joan Elwes".[dead link]