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Thread #43086   Message #627587
Posted By: Malcolm Douglas
14-Jan-02 - 09:38 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: The Shamrock and the Thistle (The Corries
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Corries:The Shamrock and the Thi
The set in Shields' book was from Eddie Butcher, who called it The Faughan Shore; unfortunately, I haven't seen that book either.  There's another in Songs of the People (H621: 26 Oct 1935), from D. Ellis of Crumlin, Co. Antrim, set to a Lowlands of Holland tune.  The Anne & Francie Brolly set appeared on Beautiful Ireland (Homespun HRL 116, 1976) according to the discography in S.O.P.