The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #13235   Message #2359892
Posted By: Jim Carroll
07-Jun-08 - 03:06 AM
Thread Name: Lord Gregory
Subject: RE: Lord Gregory
It is no way traditional in performance, but there is a beautiful rendition of the song in John Houston's film version of the Joyce short story, 'The Dead'.
Hugh Shields wrote an excellent article on the songs transmission.
It has been recorded from an elderly local singer around here who occasionally used to sing it in pub sessions. There is a story told of the night he sang it on such an occasion when he was interrupted by an equally elderly publican, a staunch Republican, who roared across the bar, "What did ******* Lord Gregory ever do for Ireland.
Jim Carroll