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Thread #44060 Message #2993484
Posted By: MikeL2
25-Sep-10 - 11:54 AM
Thread Name: Origin: April Come She Will (Paul Simon)
Subject: RE: Origin: April Come She Will (Paul Simon)
hi Dan
<" Everyone thought that "Scarbough Fair" was original also. Interesting there isn't even a comment that I read its original origins .. Still .. I love the song. ">
It could have been that this song did not cross the Atlantic until the Simon & Garfuncle version but over here in the UK it has long been known as a traditional folk song....whatever that means !!
I actually learned it at primary school some 50 or more years ago.
The " new version" may have updated it somewhat but it certainly wasn't new.
Like you I think the S&G version a good one....though there are many here who would not agree with us.