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Thread #131292 Message #2966554
Posted By: GUEST,^&*
16-Aug-10 - 03:07 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Murder in Irish (Thomas Dibdin)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Help with 'Murder in Irish'
GUESTmg
No, there isn't - but it's always been my belief that this is the only explanation for his English fellow sailors' inability to make out EITHER the tune or the words he sang! He was brought up through Irish.