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'My grandmother she at the age of 83 one day in...

12 Mar 99 - 05:38 PM (#62698)
Subject: My grandmother she at the age of 83
From: pip (inactive)

Looking for an old Irish song which goes like this My grandmother she at the age of 83 One day in early May she up and died

Another lyric is

How they tittered How they laughed


12 Mar 99 - 06:02 PM (#62705)
Subject: RE: My grandmother she at the age of 83
From: Lew Abramson

You will find the song on David Jones (British) "Songs of Exquisit Taste"

If You can't find email me at lew@phase4rep.com


13 Mar 99 - 12:17 PM (#62820)
Subject: RE: My grandmother she at the age of 83
From: Sandy Paton

I'll have two versions of this delightful song on the new CD of field recordings I'm readying for production right now. Should be out in about a month. One version comes from northwestern North Carolina and the other from the Adirondacks. Interesting to compare texts and styles.

Sandy at Folk-Legacy
Go here: Lyr Add: GRANNY'S OLD ARM CHAIR and see the other threads linked to that one.--JoeClone, 11-Nov-2009.