The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #133266   Message #3409491
Posted By: GUEST,Tunesmith
24-Sep-12 - 01:53 PM
Thread Name: Mid-Atlantic (accent) ~~ Why?
Subject: RE: Mid-Atlantic (accent) ~~ Why?
Backwoodsman said,

"I never sing Irish songs because I can't mimic an Irish accent and they sound ridiculous sung in an English accent"

Does that mean that someone singing "She Moved through the fair" in an English accent would sound ridiculous?

Or, vice versa, an Irishman singing "The Seeds of Love" in an Irish accent would also sound ridiculous.

Surely, not!