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Thread #4421   Message #24020
Posted By: Barry Finn
17-Mar-98 - 07:24 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Derwentwater's Farewell (from The Corries
Subject: RE: Lyr. Req.: Derwentwater´s Farewell
Do a search under the title. Great song don't know how the Corries did it, got a version from hearing Lou Killen doing it at least 15yrs back. Lou recorded it on his LP,"Louis Killen- Old Songs, Old Friends", on the Front Hall label in 1977. Some other notes aside from what's in the DT from his LP jacket-"The farewell of James Radcliffe, 3rd Earl of Derwentwater, before his execution in 1716 in London for his treason of supporting James Stuart's bid for the throne in 1715 (Jacobite) uprising". Barry