The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #74494   Message #1300012
Posted By: Stilly River Sage
18-Oct-04 - 04:50 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Step it out, Mary, my fine daughter
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Step it out, Mary, my fine daughter
The Arbutus Tree (Paddy Graber) has her changing form into the tree when her father tries to wed her to a king she doesn't love.

The song is here: http://www.mudcat.org/@displaysong.cfm?SongID=320 but the credit is wrong. It says "traditional" and "grater," but it should be "Graber." There are corrections to the song in the DT posted by Stewart.

A version of this is on Paddy's newest CD The Craic Was Great. And there's a little more discussion here.

SRS