The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #157689   Message #3723378
Posted By: GUEST,Alan Ross
13-Jul-15 - 02:02 PM
Thread Name: Nationality of songs
Subject: RE: Nationality of songs
The ironic thing is that when my father was alive, the major classic style Scottish folk artists wouldn't touch many of his songs.   They were too simple (not wordy enough), or too corny, heather and haggis...

But there you go.   I want my father to be remembered for the ones he did write the whole of - but there are two ones where he only wrote the lyrics (Dark Island and My Mother) that keep coming back..
So I always say if you like that one why don't you listen to this one where he did write both music and lyrics.