The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #14427   Message #123868
Posted By: Bruce O.
14-Oct-99 - 01:26 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Drimin Donn Dilis (Dear brown cow)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Drimin Donn Dilis (Dear brown cow)
"Kisses sweeter than Wine" was derived form Leadybelly's tune. No traditional versions of "Druimionn Dubh" noted in the 20th century seem to have used the old Irish tune for the song. Even in Joyce's 'Old Irish Folk Music and Songs' the tune given for what is little more than the chorus is not the old tune.