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GUEST,liam	Help: Who wrote the tune to Raglan Road??? (80* d)	RE: Help: Who wrote the tune to Raglan Road???	01 Mar 03
kavanagh had to have concieved that "raglan road" was to be sung to the tune of dawning of the day. firstly, the rhythym and number of syllables per line are nearly perfectly fitted to fáinne an lae, and kavanagh mentions dawing of the day twice on the poem. there is also evidence that kavanagh sung the song long before luke kelly ever did and reports say that after hearing kelly sing one day, kavanagh asked kelly to sing "my song" (refer to original discussion about on raglan road

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