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Thread #155408   Message #3655216
Posted By: Tradsinger
30-Aug-14 - 09:12 AM
Thread Name: Info wanted on song 'Grandfather Brian'
Subject: RE: Info wanted on song 'Grandfather Brian'
Thank you, guest, whoever you are. So the song was written by the Newfoundland composer Johnny Burke [1851-1930]. Good. Surprising that it found its way to rural Gloucestershire. I wonder if anyone recorded it on a 78?

Tradsinger