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Thread #50903   Message #773709
Posted By: Mary Humphreys
29-Aug-02 - 12:42 PM
Thread Name: Help: Is Folk music in England Celtic?
Subject: RE: Help: Is Folk music in England Celtic?
Kevin !

Eureka!

I always knew that I had heard the tune before, but couldn't put my finger on it. Another little niggle is cleared up.

By the way, did you know that Bert Lloyd - always a man with an ear for a good tune - used the Welsh tune for 'Lisa Lan' in his 'I am a hand-weaver to my trade' song- reconstructed from an Oldham broadside ballad, I believe. Maybe next time I'm at the Old R&C I will sing the Welsh version...