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Thread #124171 Message #3512130
Posted By: Jim Dixon
06-May-13 - 11:48 AM
Thread Name: Lyr/Tune Req: Song about Aberfan by George Holden
Subject: RE: Lyr/Tune Req: Song about Aberfan by George Holden
On 17-Mar-2009, Greenm wrote in another thread:I am constantly attempting to recover songs I have actually performed in the past, one of which was back in the mid-sixties shortly after the Aberfan disaster. A member of a group I was involved with (the free folk) Phil (can't remember his second name) who was a teacher asked his class to think about the disaster and how they feel about that fact that it was a school just like theirs. One pupil wrote a poem which Phil put to music and as I remember it was one of the most moving songs I have ever encountered.
A slim chance I know, but does anyone out there remember hearing this song or even more unlikely have the words & music. This all took place in Eccles, Manchester where with the Free Folk (Stewart, Ewan & Phil) we started a Folk Club in the Cross Keys (and later moved on to the Duke of York).