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Thread #135698   Message #3095758
Posted By: GUEST,Suibhne Astray
15-Feb-11 - 12:23 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: The Saint Anne of Dunkirk (Ron Baxter)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: The Saint Anne of Dunkirk (Ron Baxter)
Cheers, L & CN! We normally sing it quite freely (& softly) with the Back Sea Fiddle rather than the violin (as I think we did when you were in The Steamer with us that night, Charlie). I like the rhythmic one but it gets a bit breathless in places, though that was the first (& only) take we did of it in that session. Otherwise, it remains unrecorded!

Anyway, it's a fine wee song and a fascinating piece of local history that links the open sea to the tranquil rural charm of a medieval cemetary some ten miles inland along the Wyre. See HERE for a picture of the graves.