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Thread #14304 Message #122230
Posted By: Malcolm Douglas
08-Oct-99 - 10:45 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Don't Ask Me to Sing the Wild Rover
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Don't Ask Me To Sing The Wild Rover
...and "Dirty Old Town" was written about Salford in England, by Ewan McColl. An ignorant audience will assume it's Irish because they once heard it sung in what they believed was an Irish accent. Sad. If I get asked for "Wild Rover", I pretend to have forgotten the words, but offer to accompany the requester if s/he is prepared to sing it. Usually works.<>Malcolm