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Thread #13133   Message #2682964
Posted By: GUEST,Roy McLean
18-Jul-09 - 04:09 PM
Thread Name: Origins: facts behind 'Roddy McCorley'
Subject: RE: Origins: facts behind 'Roddy McCorley'
An error has been pointed out to me concerning my most recent post above which I should like to correct. The last line of point two should of course have started with the words, "passed to Roddy's DA'S brother" rather than "passed to Roddy's brother". Sorry for any confusion caused and also for the various spelling mistakes. I wrote in great hurry, in the middle of the night, in 35 degree heat minus air conditioning while the marimba dance music drifted up from the bar below. However, its not the Marimba, but another song that enters my mind -
               
      "Then tell me Willie Wilson, tell me why you hurry so
       Has Tommy Archer called you and the other boys to go
       A riding round the country from the Port up to Coleraine
       A searching not for gold, but blood for those lay slain"

No prizes for guessing the tune!