Wendy, I'm only partially familiar with the musical "The Most Happy Fella" (about Fiorello LaGuardia, right?), but I can't figure out how "They Call The Wind Maria" would fit into it. Can you 'splain more?Rick Fielding - PM
Date: 01 May 00 - 01:50 AM

Also, just a little comment on something Rick Fielding posted way back in 2000:

[[It always struck me as typical of those "straight composer" attempts to write something that sounded like (their idea of) a folksong. ...
Generally these composers would ALWAYS use altered chords, but not in their "folk" songs.
Other songs of that ilk that come to mind, that some think are actual folksongs are: Greenfields, Green Leaves Of Summer, ... Love Me Tender ...]]
"Love Me Tender," of course, uses the US Civil War era tune "Aura Lee."