The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #14561   Message #125912
Posted By: Davey
20-Oct-99 - 12:08 PM
Thread Name: Most haunting melodies?
Subject: RE: Most haunting melodies?
Jim Stewart, of St. John, New Brunswick (that's in Canada *Grin*) wrote a tune called Lament for Owen Christie, in memory of the Irish immigrants that came to Canada during the potato famine in the 1800s. Many of them are buried on an island in St. John harbour, and Owen Christie is the name on one of the graves. Hearing the tune always sends chills down my spine.