The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #26255   Message #314899
Posted By: Sorcha
09-Oct-00 - 04:08 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Gentle Annie
Subject: RE: ADD LYRICS; GENTLE ANNIE
OK, the melody is basically the same for both Oz and Foster versions, but neither song in the DT has a clickie to play. Had to paste the abc in the other thread into ABC2Win to find that out. Also,

Liner notes from Green Linnet CSIF 1015, "Eugene O'Donnell, Slow Airs and Set Dances" say that it was originally an Irish melody called "Ni Fheicim Nios Mo Thu a Mhuirnin" (I Won't See You Anymore, My Dear)and that Foster "borrowed" the melody, and basically transliterated the words into English......... O'Donnell learned in in Derry as a child. (O'Donnell born 1932)