Peggy Gordon: where is Ingo?

Subject: RE: Peggy Gordon: where is Ingo?
From: Taconicus
Date: 27 Mar 13 - 12:48 PM

Thanks, Sean L. I like the idea of using Ingonish (the place on Cape Breton Island) in the lyric, regardless of what the original singer who used Ingo meant. In has Ingo in it, and it's a real place that's both on the sea and "far across the briny sea" (if you're singing in Ireland or Scotland).

Subject: RE: Peggy Gordon: where is Ingo?
From: GUEST,scottish music nut
Date: 18 Dec 13 - 11:42 AM

for the record it is ingol it means england.its written in ye olde englishe so it isnt exactly easy to understand unles you know the slang

Subject: RE: Peggy Gordon: where is Ingo?
From: meself
Date: 18 Dec 13 - 12:27 PM

Guest: An interesting possibility. You seem quite confident - but what basis do you have for that interpretation?

Subject: RE: Peggy Gordon: where is Ingo?
From: GUEST
Date: 09 Mar 18 - 10:27 AM

ingonish

Subject: RE: Peggy Gordon: where is Ingo?
From: meself
Date: 10 Mar 18 - 11:56 AM

Much as I like the idea of Ingonish, I seriously doubt it has any connection. Has anyone ever heard of Ingonish being shortened to 'Ingo'? It doesn't seem natural - the "o" is muted in the usual pronunciation of Ingonish: ING-guh-NISH. Furthermore, I think the writer/singer would have been trying for something that seemed a little more 'exotic'.