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GUEST,Ray	Lyr ADD: Dark Island (Alan Bell) (31)	RE: Lyr Req: The Dark Island (Alan Bell)	17 Jun 15
I remember Alan Bell telling me, some 30 odd years ago, that, when he wrote it, he had assumed that the tune was traditional. When he discovered that it wasn't he immediately dropped it. It also works the other way round. He once wrote a song swore blind that the tune had been copied by some big name American songwriter - think Mr Carthy/Scarborough Fair and you won't be far out.

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