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Thread #117803   Message #2541206
Posted By: GUEST,Jon
17-Jan-09 - 08:22 AM
Thread Name: English Folk Music- A suspect medium?
Subject: RE: English Folk Music- A suspect medium?
OK but to maybe badly try to move away from industry, a couple of my mums favourites, were written, I think by Lady Nairne, eg. (if persuadable to sing to others) she could sing you a Caller Herrin. Can we really sort of work out her, daughter of a (single parent in the 30s even) hard working (she was 53 yrs from looking after her parents to retirement!) sub postmistress in rural Shropshire to a song written by a titled person yet carried down (though I don't know how it got there) with love from my grandmother to my mum? I just like to think some songs were good songs people just liked.