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Thread #4488   Message #24765
Posted By: Dan Mulligan
28-Mar-98 - 01:46 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Land o' the Leal
Subject: RE: Lyrics to
I haven't heard this "Land O the leal. " I guess I don't understand why it is not a folk song. Is it because it is a contemporary tune (that would disqualify a lot of modern folk music .) Or is it because of the way that Silly Wizard performed the music on their CD (Ashley MacIsaac performs many traditional tunes on his CDs with electrics instruments and funk arrangements, does this make them no longer fol music.) Or is it simply that Bruce doesn't like "Silly Wizard" and that makes it not folk music. (I personally don't like Michael Flatley. I think that he brings Irish step dancing down to the level of the Las Vegas nightclub act. But.....it still is folk dancing.)
Dan