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Thread #66066   Message #3087048
Posted By: Jim Carroll
02-Feb-11 - 04:49 AM
Thread Name: Chord Req: Alan Tyne o' Harrow
Subject: RE: Chord Req: Alan Tyne o' Harrow
"Of course the original is "Valentine O'Hara" "
Sorry George, - Valentine O'Hara is two lines only to be found in Joyce's 'Old Irish Folk Music and Songs'
Frank Harte took MacColl's Allan Tyne of Harrow and popularised it in Ireland - that is the basis of the song that is being sung today.
Jim Carroll