The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #74655 Message #1303769
Posted By: Dave Bryant
22-Oct-04 - 08:19 AM
Thread Name: Origins: Leaving Nancy (Eric Bogle)
Subject: RE: origin of' leaving nancy 'song
According to the notes on the DT version of the song, I got the above rather wrong.
BACKGROUND. This song was written for my mother after she had come to say goodbye at the Railway Station when I emigrated to Australia. She was only allowed to come to see me off on the condition that no tears were shed. And she was very good, she almost kept her promise, but broke down just as the train was pulling out of the station.