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Thread #127185   Message #2899843
Posted By: GUEST,John Moulden
04-May-10 - 12:03 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Irish version of 'My Son David'
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Irish version of 'My Son David'
Paul McKenna, If you are the Paul McKenna who was at Girvan last weekend, I was also there to give a presentation. If you're assessing these versions, it's necessary to realize that Paddy Tunney often benefited from the collections made by Peter Kennedy and Alan Lomax. That is, Paddy's version derives from Paddy Doran's, and that version is closely similar to Mary Doran's - they were recorded by Peter Kennedy and Liam Andrews on the same occasion. However, Paddy Tunney frequently altered or added to what he had received and I rather think that anything out of keeping with the two traveller versions he knew of fits this - for example 'the saggin on the lough' is a bit of Paddy's poetic fancy.