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Thread #60217   Message #4035301
Posted By: GUEST
20-Feb-20 - 10:56 PM
Thread Name: Lyr/Tune Req: Lovely Stornoway (Kennedy/Halfin)
Subject: RE: Lyr/Tune Req: Lovely Stornoway (Kennedy/Halfin)
Well observed Tattie Bogle. By the way Bob Halfin obviously had a thing for alliteration in some of his titles.. he co-wrote one called 'Chip Chopper Charlie' for Max Bygraves, and he had my father write 'You'll never get used to Uist'. His name is associated with 400 odd songs, though many he never actually wrote, but had shares in. Other works you will know are Silver Darlings (he had nothing to do with the actual writing of it), 'They found Donald's Troosers on the Top of Ben Nevis', 'The Scottish Working Man' etc. He wrote about any novelty subject and numerous countries. As I said, he once wrote a song about Tomnahurich cemetery! Pete and Diesel confusingly call 'Lovely Stornoway' just 'Stornoway,   Go