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Thread #114404   Message #2440690
Posted By: GUEST,paulinwexford
15-Sep-08 - 05:18 AM
Thread Name: ADD: The Ferns Exile (Mick Galvin??)
Subject: Origins: Who wrote 'The Ferns Exile'?
Hi,

A friend of mine is recording 'The Ferns Exile', and was told it was composed by Mick Galvin (from Kerry?)?

Is this true?

First line is:

'Bitter autumn breezes blow along the pier at port San Louis'

Chorus is:

'Put your feeble hand in mine, let me take you back in time,
To the spring of '98 when freedom called,
When as a youth with firey pride along with Kelly and McBride,
You marched to Tubberneering side by side.'

Thanks,

Paul.