The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #64264   Message #1069263
Posted By: GUEST,J Hale
10-Dec-03 - 08:48 AM
Thread Name: Tune Req: The 200-year-old alcoholic
Subject: RE: Tune Req: The 200-year-old alcoholic
Hey:

I believe this is the only song Liam Clancy ever penned and published on an album himself (strange song to do it with); mostly he just rearranged traditional stuff with his Brothers .    He does the song with southern dialect, which he probably picked on his 1950s Southern song search with Diane Hamilton from which an album resulted on Tradtion Records.   His old side kick Tommy Makem has the lyrics on his site:
http://www.makem.com/discography/recordings/lyricpage/twohundred.html

Liam has disappeared of late after brother Bobby's death --- anybody seen him out there?

Enjoy the Holidays All    J H

http://www.makem.com/discography/recordings/lyricpage/twohundred.html