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Thread #46802   Message #695244
Posted By: JenBurdoo
21-Apr-02 - 09:53 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Honor Bright (Peter Yeates)
Subject: Mother Bright?
Heard this one on a CD called Loose Cannons, along with a variety of sea and Irish songs. Borrowed it from a friend so I don't know the song's name. Can anyone tell me about the song and its lyrics?

It sounds like its about a murder and about the emigration from Dublin, but as usual I can't decipher it. It starts:

In 1925, Dublin was a hive...

Chorus

Who was it did it, and who can tell us why And some days, they said she was no loss Everybody knew it was a doctor and a screw Left her in a ditch near Landoil's Cross