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Thread #56497 Message #883843
Posted By: Joan from Wigan
06-Feb-03 - 05:49 AM
Thread Name: Patriot Game (tune source?)
Subject: RE: Patriot Game
In Dominic Behan's book "Ireland Sings", the attribution on The Patriot Game is given as "Words and music by Dominic Behan". On the rest of the songs in the book, Dominic seems to have given info as regards who and where the song is from, and whether he has adapted anything, either tune or words. That being the case, it seems unlikely that he would claim originality for this one if he had knowingly "borrowed" the tune. In the songnotes at the back of the book, all that is said about this song is: "About the death of Feargal O'Hanlon, killed alongside Sean South, on a raid over the Irish border, January 1st, 1957."
Joan