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Thread #1714 Message #2557845
Posted By: Newport Boy
05-Feb-09 - 07:40 AM
Thread Name: Origins: Springhill Disaster/Ballad of Springhill
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Springhill Disaster
I don't know whether this is conclusive, but I have a tattered copy of the Oak Publications 'Ewan MacColl, Peggy Seeger Songbook' 3rd Printing, copyright 1963.
The Ballad of Springhill is credited as:
Music: Peggy Seeger Words: Peggy Seeger and Ewan MacColl
and it's copyright 1960 Sing Out Inc. NY.
This would tie up with my first hearing of the song, by Peggy, in London in 1959.