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Thread #116644   Message #2505660
Posted By: GUEST,charlotte
02-Dec-08 - 06:08 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Manchester Rambler (adapted from MacColl)
Subject: RE: 'the manchester rambler' revisited
I think it's because she became a folk classic one that this song is sung in pub like a traditional one, and by this way adapted to other places. In Ireland it is a tradition to adapt maybe just for one night a traditional song. But, what is strange in doing that on this one is that the meaning is really modified… In the one I heard, it became more a praise of the place than a political saying.

cheers