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Thread #45832   Message #2737112
Posted By: GUEST
03-Oct-09 - 01:08 AM
Thread Name: Origins: Willie O Winsbury (Child #100)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Willie O Winsbury
Don't know if anyone will read this, but... I heard and sang this amazing song some 30 years ago as a young teenager - and it always "took me out" even when I performed it. The song has haunted me all these years. Something about the pictures that it brings to mind, and the name, Willie of Winsbury, and singing down into those lower notes and forming that hushed name so softly... Perhaps there's a memory in my blood that takes me back. I am a Highlander of Scotland. Amusing to think on it...

Such a beautiful song, but it is more than a song - it is a memory of land and human relationship woven through melody and time. It lives when I listen, and it makes my heart "skip" ; I feel good tonight having made this connection across the miles of time and space.

Thanks for listening
Kristen Farquhar