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Thread #4267 Message #971441
Posted By: Midchuck
24-Jun-03 - 06:05 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Gary Owen (not the old one)
Subject: RE: LYRICS for GARY OWEN (not the old one)
There's a very nice song called "Mick Ryan's Lament" on Tim O'Brien's "Two Journeys" album. It uses Garryowen for the melody.
The idea is the shade of an Irish trooper who died at Little Big Horn, regretting that he died in the process of trying to treat the Indians the way that he had fled Ireland because the British were treating him...