I have something else to say on the subject. And that is these famine survivors, who ended up here in great numbers, brought a great love of music with them. One of their only pleasures, after endless hours of carrying bricks or washing other peoples' underwear, was going to the music halls and listening to music that they then passed down to us. And especially on St. Patrick's day we want to hear the music that was passed down to us, corny as it may be, because that is what they liked. A lot of the old stuff probably got left behind for whatever reasons, like leaving the O in your name behind. Anyway, as an Irish-American, I get my Irish up seriously when around St. Patrick's Day the experts have to sneer at us for liking Danny Boy and Molly Malone and the Pig was Kept in the Parlor. It disrespects our ancestors and what they went through when you do that, especially if you are being paid to play on that day. mg