The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #126790   Message #2820790
Posted By: Jim Carroll
24-Jan-10 - 07:53 PM
Thread Name: Songs You Can't Sing for Crying
Subject: RE: Songs You Can't Sing for Crying
"What, no "Joy of Living" by MacColl?"
"Joy of Living' is a celebratory song, and far too often taken as a dirge.
Grief and sadness should not be the only emotions evoked by folk song.
Jim Carroll