The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #75823   Message #1336749
Posted By: Dave the Gnome
23-Nov-04 - 03:27 PM
Thread Name: Songs you thought were trad
Subject: RE: Songs you thought were trad
Dark Isle Lament.

Heard Richard Grainger once tell the story about him going into a museum in the North East. They were playing his song 'The Whitby Whaler'. When he asked the curator what it was he was told it was a traditional song. He said he didn't know whether to be pleased or not!

Cheers

DtG