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Thread #8966 Message #2990167
Posted By: Jim Carroll
20-Sep-10 - 06:35 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Casadh an tSugain (Bothy Band)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Casadh an tSugain
Not a song from Michael Doherty - a tune, Jim Carroll
GIRL WHO WAS TOO SMART FOR THE FIDDLER, The (see CASADH AN TSUGAIN - Section 2) Michael O' Doherty (fiddle) 3.15 16657 Teilionn, Co. Donegal. 24.4.51 2.20 Story: a fiddler was coming home from a dance along a lonely road on which there was only one house kept "by - two girls. They refused him lodging because there was no man in the house. The fiddler refused to leave and so one of the girls asked him to help her twist ropes. She told him to twist on until he got to the street. When he reached the middle of the street she ran to the door and locked it. The fiddler, seeing he was beaten, played this tune. 1.06 Tune (with interpolations by Sean O' Heochaidh) (This story forms the theme of a Gaelic folk song - see CASADH AN TSUGAIN - Section 2).