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Thread #57366 Message #901765
Posted By: belfast
02-Mar-03 - 01:10 PM
Thread Name: Tune Add: What are these tunes?
Subject: Tune Add: What are these tunes?
There was a thread about the Molly Maguires and I was about to make a posting stating that the melody for the song was "The Battle of Otterburn". I decided to check the Digitrad. Neither of the two melodies given there for "The Battle of Otterburn" is the same as the one in my head. I can't remember where or when I picked up this melody. Any ideas?
Willy O'Winsbury. I got this melody from a guy who got it from a guy who got it etc.…from Andy Irvine. So I have no idea whether it still resembles what Andy does. I do know that Andy, inadvertently or otherwise, put the "wrong" tune to the words. I have a vague recollection of Archie Fisher singing a version of Tam Lin with this melody. Again, any ideas about the source?
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