This is a mostly music thread!!
"There Were Roses" by Tommy Sands has shown up in a number of places recently. I notice that the version in the database has different names than the version I have recorded by Sean Keane on his All Hearts, No Roses (Shanachie) album. Keane refers to two friends, MacDonald (Catholic) and Scott(Protestant), from two (for me) indecipherable places. I never really tried to figure out the place names -- it would actually be nice if someone can give me those too. Anyway, the database has two other people mentioned. Which is the original, and does one version or the other commemorate real people?
yours, Peter T.