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Old Country
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old country
English
Noun
en noun the Old Country
en old country.
en 1933 w:Frank Clune Try Anything Once (book) Try Anything Once Sydney Angus and Robertson 25 She was travelling first-class with some Lord or Duke from the ‘Old Country.’
2001, The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music: North America. Garland Publishing. Ellen Koskoff (Ed.). Pg. 815
Similar to these were songs with nostalgic texts about longing for the Old Country.
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