The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #18397   Message #182001
Posted By: Bob Bolton
21-Feb-00 - 12:54 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Come Back to Erin
Subject: RE: Come Back to Erin, Mary
G'day all,

John of Brisbane: Ah yes - but in which time signature do you have the piece? The published form was 4/4 (or C, I can't remember for sure), but it has firmly moved into 3/4 around this part of Australia. I had a a a long argument on the matter with an old friend, a fiddler in the folk revival since 1961, who had never heard it as anything but a waltz.

Of course, Queensland always was different ...

Regards(les)s,

Bob Bolton