The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #46593 Message #1019804
Posted By: Snuffy
16-Sep-03 - 08:44 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Billy Riley (chantey)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: BILLY RILEY
Apparently anyone singing "to Chile" has got it directly or indirectly from a mis-hearing of Jim Mageean. At Bromyard last weekend he told me he actually sang "so cheerily", but many people could not make out the right words.