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Thread #59595 Message #950691
Posted By: GUEST,Q
11-May-03 - 07:54 PM
Thread Name: Origin: Dark Eyed Molly (Archie Fisher)
Subject: RE: Who wrote 'Dark Eyed Molly?'
Notes on Man With a Rhyme re-issue cd say it is from a few lines of Gaelic poetry and a Basque melody. Archis Fisher is recognized as the composer on most sites. Fairport Convention did a cover as well as Stan Rogers.
There is a Scottish fiddle tune with the title Black Eyed Molly.
Now the theme is similar to versions of Black-eyed Mary aka Farewell Ballymoney aka The Irish Girl, Handsome Molly, etc. It will take a bit of looking to run down whether it has an ancestral traditional song.