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Thread #155357   Message #3662118
Posted By: Musket
20-Sep-14 - 07:48 AM
Thread Name: What makes a new song a folk song?
Subject: RE: What makes a new song a folk song?
Not to mention Thin Lizzy's Whisky in the Jar or Led Zeppelin's Gallows Pole.

My eldest said recently that in a pub quiz recently they asked who wrote "Whisky in the Jar.". The answer was Phil Lynott. I suppose that is the folk progression. A mate in Dublin swore blind McGowan wrote Dirty old Town.