The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #9005   Message #758226
Posted By: GUEST
01-Aug-02 - 01:18 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Come by the Hills
Subject: RE: MUS ADD: Come by the hills
Dale, I'll check my album when I get home tonight, but I'm sure that the album wasn't released until at least 1966/67 - possibly later. I remember Paddie Bell visiting Belfast around that date and singing in Pat's Bar. The album was released around that time. It was around this time that the Fureys first went to Scotland where they were "discovered" by a much wider audience than they had in Ireland. Finbar and Eddie's first album as a duo followed shortly.

It's difficult to believe that anyone had recorded "Come By The Hills" before Paddie. After her recording was released it suddenly became a staple in folk clubs. A song as good as that couldn't have lain around unnoticed.