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Thread #92353   Message #1766879
Posted By: Marion
22-Jun-06 - 04:20 PM
Thread Name: Canadian disaster songs: research project
Subject: RE: Canadian disaster songs:research project
Hi Joe, and thanks for coming back to check these. I think a little more clarification about what a Canadian disaster song is would be helpful. For example - if you're not collecting songs about disasters caused by war or crime - wouldn't that rule out the September 11 songs (and anything that might be found about the Air India flight, also)?

And what sort of body count are we talking? There are logging songs that talk about accidents causing single deaths, like "Jam on Jerry's Rock" (above), or "Peter Amberley". Do you want titles for those?

Marion