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Thread #132444 Message #2997382
Posted By: Valmai Goodyear
01-Oct-10 - 04:23 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Young Alvin (Packie Manus Byrne)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: young alvin
If Alvin was riding to London from Worcestershire he wouldn't have arrived in Earl's Court. He'd have come down through Harrow, Wembley and Paddington.
Oliver may well have learnt the song in South Armagh, where he grew up, but not necessarily while he was growing up, and it's not impossible that Packie taught it to him on a visit.
I still think it's a ringer.
Valmai