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Thread #94728   Message #3959067
Posted By: David Carter (UK)
29-Oct-18 - 11:07 AM
Thread Name: Meaning: Farewell Farewell (Fairport Convention)
Subject: RE: Meaning: Farewell Farewell (Fairport Convention)
Ok, so Child got it from the Harris's, Andy Irvine got it from Child, and Richard Thompson got it from Andy Irvine's Willie o Winsbury. And the Harris's seem to have got their ballads from oral tradition. So it is a traditional tune, although not traditionally the tune to Willie o Winsbury.