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Thread #19458 Message #759317
Posted By: Jim McLean
03-Aug-02 - 12:48 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Scottish Battle Ballads
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Scottish Battle Ballads
Hi Lyndi-loo, I have just come across this request and you're quite right. I wrote most of the songs and produced the LP with Alastair singing. There was a previous version of the LP on Major Minor records just called Battle Ballads, but some of the titles were different. I didn't include John MacLean on the first one. This was a ontemorary poem by J.S.Clark, set to music. I used a variant of the tune Woody Guthrie used on Tom Joad. Cheers, Jim Mclean