The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #125089   Message #2767030
Posted By: IanC
16-Nov-09 - 11:31 AM
Thread Name: Origins: Should we sing the Wild Rover sober?
Subject: RE: Origins: Should we sing the Wild Rover sober?
Well, of course it was a perfectly sober song until The Dubliner's got it off of "This Singing Island" so its history is still mainly that way.

I think it's a very nice song, much abused.

:-)