The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #3942   Message #20821
Posted By: Jaxon
06-Feb-98 - 02:31 PM
Thread Name: Song of the Great Famine
Subject: RE: Song of the Great Famine
Robbie O'Connell recorded it with Mick Moloney and Jimmy Keane on Green Fields of America. Peter Jones found a stack of letters in a family attic. They were all from family back in Ireland. They dated back to about 1850 or so. The song is a thread from one decade to another written by a father to a son in America. A powerful song.

Jack Murray