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Thread #107646 Message #2235614
Posted By: Big Al Whittle
13-Jan-08 - 04:14 PM
Thread Name: Why should we sing folk music at all?
Subject: RE: Why should we sing folk music at all?
That's very nice of you to say. I've got to admit I never thought of that as folk when I wrote it - although now you mention it, I nicked the music of the Days of '49. My big thrill came when they played it on Wyatt's birthday in his birthplace, Monmouth, Illinois.
I wrote it about my father, who was a policeman - I suppose that's pretty folky!