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Help: ...insisted that Bridget existed...

04 Mar 02 - 07:56 AM (#662358)
Subject: ...insisted that Bridget existed...
From: GUEST,festus@myriad.net

I'm trying to identify a song that includes the phrase "insisted that Bridget existed...." The singer relates how he traced his grandmother that he never knew(Bridget) despite the fact that she went be several different names throughout her life. The singer is the one who "insisted that Bridget existed." I'm trying to find out the title of the song and the artist.


04 Mar 02 - 11:53 AM (#662496)
Subject: RE: Help: ...insisted that Bridget existed...
From: Noreen

Sorry, nothing with that phrase found with a Google search.

Can you tell us anything more about the song: where you heard it, was it on a recording or live, what part of the world, etc.?

Noreen


04 Mar 02 - 12:25 PM (#662527)
Subject: RE: Help: ...insisted that Bridget existed...
From: Mrrzy

Yes, sounds like a great song!


04 Mar 02 - 12:32 PM (#662532)
Subject: RE: Help: ...insisted that Bridget existed...
From: GUEST,Roger O'K

The rhyme and metre suggest a Percy French song, but I'm not sure that he was so deeply into existentialism.


07 Mar 02 - 10:54 PM (#664800)
Subject: Bridget existed
From: Festus

Can anyone tell me the name of the song (and artist) that includes the phrase "...insisted that Bridget existed..."? He's singing about the grandmother that he never knew and how he researched her life. It's played on my local NPR station, but nobody there can identify it for me.

Thanks!


09 Mar 02 - 02:46 PM (#665832)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Bridget existed
From: Jim Dixon

Say, folks, did you know that it's possible to use wildcards in a Google search? On the theory that Festus might have got the name wrong, I experimented with using "insisted that * existed" (in quotes) as a search argument. It came back with various phrases like "insisted that God existed" "insisted that there existed" and so on.

Unfortunately, though, I didn't find anything that satisfied Festus's request.


09 Mar 02 - 06:52 PM (#665952)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Bridget existed
From: khandu

I have searched thoroughly, yet I have found no evidence that "Bridget existed". Sorry, Festus

khandu


10 Mar 02 - 07:33 PM (#666546)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Bridget existed
From: Noreen

Any more ideas?