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Thread #49573   Message #748918
Posted By: radriano
16-Jul-02 - 11:38 AM
Thread Name: ADD: Road to Drumleman (Mitchell/Cuffe)-chords?
Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Help working out Road to Drumleman
This is a good one, Goodfellow. I've always wanted to work it out but always seem to get sidetracked with other stuff. It's been on my back burner for years. Sorry I can't help with chords but here are the notes about the song from Tony Cuffe's solo cassette, I think. I copied the lyrics into my songbook but neglected to include which album the quote is from.

"Written by Willie Mitchell of Campbeltown in 1948 and refers to the village of Drumleble, situated between Campbeltown on the east coast of Kintyre and Machrihanish on the west coast. Tony Cuffe got the words of the song from Gordon Macauley of Campbeltown and put his own melody to it. The original tune has since been printed in "Tocher" magazine (summer of '79) along with a comprehensive article on Willie Mitchell and his songs."

radriano