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Thread #869 Message #525611
Posted By: GUEST,SlowAlan
11-Aug-01 - 09:50 AM
Thread Name: Origins: She Moves through the Fair
Subject: RE: She Moves Through the Fair
Yes I think that is right, Padraic Colum usually indicated where he was using traditional material. I have always thought he wrote the entire thing...the extrememly good poetry of the piece is an indication that it was in fact written by a poet and not an oral piece pieced up by farm workers.. I think he wrote it to sound like an old ballad, and even "left verses out of it" to add to its mystery.