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Thread #121061 Message #2641109
Posted By: Jim Carroll
26-May-09 - 08:33 AM
Thread Name: Folk Activism!
Subject: RE: Folk Activism!
Lord O'May
'Blue Eyed Mountain Queen'
Sole source appears to be Herbert Hughes' 'Irish County Songs', vol. 4, pp 49-51' No note to song, but preface states that it shares its tune with the older version of 'Galway Bay' ("It's far away I am today....") and the Tyrone version of 'Skibbereen'.
The reference to 'Wynne's Castle' in the text suggests that it comes from the Glenbeigh area of County Kerry.
Sorry I couldn't find any more information.
"rather that was me trying, and failing, to understand the objective consensus of what folk song was in terms of the collective experience of The Revival..."
You might have more success if you realised that your somewhat off-the-wall definition is fairly isolated to your (and possibly your club's - what you suggest is hardly 'collective' considering the response your non-definition received) rejection of a perfectly servicable term and replacing it with one that fairly comfortably encompasses 'music' but little else.
It might be of additional assistance if you took into cosideration the fact that there's a great big world outside the somewhat rarified atmosphere of the folk club scene.
Jim Carroll