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Thread #23310 Message #3273548
Posted By: Charley Noble
14-Dec-11 - 07:44 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: The Troubadour Song (sung by Burl Ives)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: The Troubadour Song (sung by Burl Ives)
Just rechecked the Richard Dyer-Bennet discography in Paul O. Jenkins fine biography of Richard Dyer-Bennet: The Last Minstrel and there is no sign that he ever recorded "The Troubadour."
Dyer-Bennet did compose "The Unfortunate Troubadour" in 1940, noting that the story was not based on personal experience.
Dyer-Bennet and Ives did collaborate in the 1940s on Burl's New York radio show entitled The Wayfaring Stranger, with Ives leading American folksongs derived from British folksongs and Dyer-Bennet leading the British versions.