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Thread #48920   Message #737902
Posted By: toadfrog
26-Jun-02 - 11:28 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Charlie O Charlie
Subject: RE: Help: Charlie O Charlie
Thanks a whole lot, Malcolm and Guests!!!!!!!!

The liner notes do include that final verse, but I ran out of steam before I got that far. MacColl's only comment on the source is "I learned this song from the singing of John Mearns of Fyvie." He does not mention John Ord. The first three bands on that record are "Barnyards of Delgaty," "Highland Muster Roll," and "Wee Wee German Lairdie," all on DT and all credited to MacColl, although not to this disk.

A comment I've heard about MacColl, at least in the 1960's, is that he appears to have wanted to be encyclopedic and sacrificed quality for quantity. Although the quality of