The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #113506   Message #2415838
Posted By: Art Thieme
17-Aug-08 - 12:19 AM
Thread Name: Ian Campbell to retire
Subject: RE: Ian Campbell to retire
YES, that's the song about Marilyn Monroe I alluded to. And I think the "Thirty Foot Trailer" was on that same LP -- even if Ewan did write it. Back then I recall thinking a folk song about M.M. was a bit..., well, over the top---or at least just not the thing folk songs would be about.

There was a verse about her marrying Arthur Miller because he was the smartest man she'd ever known---or something like that.

"I'll marry him" --she said." (a line from M.M.)

Strange, that stuff is still in my head now all these years later. And my MS plays havoc with my recent memory. It drives me nuts.

Also on that same LP album was: "Down In a coal mine underneath the ground... Digging out the dusky diamonds all the seasons 'round..."

Art Thieme