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Thread #164332   Message #3931481
Posted By: Jim Carroll
17-Jun-18 - 02:50 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Child Ballads in Ireland
Subject: RE: Origins: Child Ballads in Ireland
Missssed one.
Old bachelor, Martin Reidy - the "long song singer" (one of them lasted for over 15 minutes), sat back after a recording session one afternoon and told us "You know, I'm delighted when you started to take down my songs.
I was so worried they would die out when I passed that I tried to teach the dog to sing them".
Jim