The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #36086   Message #496930
Posted By: radriano
02-Jul-01 - 05:42 PM
Thread Name: Origins/Author: Dark Island
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Dark Island
Sorry! I got sidetracked and never finished my thoughts on my last post.

The David Silver lyrics are a bit of a mystery regarding how they would be sung. There are five verses so it doesn't fit easily into the A and B parts of the melody. I had worked up a version of the song using one of the verses as a chorus (using the B part of the tune as the chorus). I have never heard the song version recorded anywhere but have heard the tune as an air or waltz in sessions.