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Thread #89061   Message #1676801
Posted By: JulieF
23-Feb-06 - 09:42 AM
Thread Name: Songs to entertain the Irish Elders
Subject: RE: Songs to entertain the Irish Elders
I might give when Irish eyes are smiling a go- as you say you're not doing for yourself and its good for me to do different things once a year.

I had forgotten about back home in Derry - Thanks Kara

As for Danny boy. Well two years ago when I was still very wet behind the ears I stood up and sang Danny Boy for this lot and they all got very emotional. Apparently it was sung to the group each time one of them died which you might imagine was reasonably frequent. I was completely mortified and it amused certain musicians for a long, long time.   Consequently , I never do Danny Boy unless I'm specifically asked ( preferably by many people with a written disclaimer)

Thanks again