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Thread #109707 Message #2295846
Posted By: sharyn
23-Mar-08 - 10:36 AM
Thread Name: Sad traditional songs?
Subject: RE: Sad traditional songs?
Johnny My Man (aka Farewell to Whiskey) I'm a Poor Bonnie Lassie Johnny, Lovely Johnny Loving Hannah The Highland Widow's Lament The Bonnie Banks of Fordie (aka Babylon) Barbara Allen
And, while we're on pedantry, the words to "She Moved Through the Fair" were written by an Irish poet, one of the Padraics (Padraic Colum?) and so are not strictly traditional.
Thread creep: who wrote "The Lakes of Ponchartrain?" I thought it was found in traditional repertories, including some New York singer Ellen Stekert recorded ages ago. (And, yes, I'll look this up in the Forum)