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Thread #20759 Message #4091178
Posted By: Lighter
02-Feb-21 - 07:25 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: The Reiver's Galley (from The Corries)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Reiver's Galley (from The Corries)
It may go without saying, but Williamson's song, words and music, is strongly influenced by several "galley" songs in the three volumes of Marjorie Kennedy-Fraser's "Songs of the Hebrides" (1908-1921).