Mudcat Café message #2781918

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Thread #30115 Message #2781918
Posted By: MartinRyan
06-Dec-09 - 04:19 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req/Add: Mick McGilligan's Daughter, Mary Ann
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Mick McGilligan's Daughter, Maryann

Interesting. The Louis Tierney name rings a bell - but I can't remember who he was. Wrote for theatre, late musichall? Many of the verses are new to me.

BTW "rink-a-fawder" is an anglicisation of the Irish gaelic "rince fada" - literally "long dance", a particular dance figure.

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