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Thread #30948 Message #400292
Posted By: Malcolm Douglas
17-Feb-01 - 03:23 PM
Thread Name: Lyr/Tune Req: Buachaill On Eirne / Boys of Ireland
Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Boys of Ireland
I just gave the title as I found it,and hadn't even thought about that, but I see your point. The lyric I linked to above has Buachaill ón Éireann in the verse. I don't know why the title should be different; the only reference I could find to Buachaill ón Éireann was to a song partly based on it on a Van Morrison record. There are other references on the web, all apparantly to Buachaill ón Éirne; there is another set of the text here, with an additional verse but no translation: Buachaill ón Éirne: I'd have guessed that the confusion arose with Clannad, but Richard Robinson (one of the 2 entries at JC) also has it spelled that way, and I doubt if they were his source. Perhaps somebody can shed some light on this for us?
Malcolm