08 Mar 97 - 03:41 AM (#2927) Subject: Lyr Add: THE WEXFORD GIRL (from Benny Barnes) From: Gene Graham Can someone please fill in the missing words in the two verses of the listed song? This was probably the basis for THE KNOXVILLE GIRL, by the Louvin Brothers.
THE WEXFORD GIRL
It was in the town of Waterford * (Unclear) |
21 Mar 97 - 04:48 AM (#3328) Subject: RE: THE WEXFORD GIRL From: Martin Ryan Friedman's VIking/Penguin Book of Folk Ballads gives "flowerered farm" odly enough a and "walked along quite easily" He relates it to a song called "The Berkshire Tragedy" on a broadside of about 1700 Regards. |
21 Mar 97 - 04:17 PM (#3350) Subject: RE: THE WEXFORD GIRL From: Gene Graham/ah827@rgfn.epcc.edu Thanks Martin. This has been bugging me for quite some time. I just could not make out the *FLOWERED and QUITE EASILY....The recording is from the Country Hall of Fame Boxset - 200 Years of American Heritage in Song (100 - Country/Folk/Bluegrass songs) celebrating 200 years of music from 1776 to 1976....has a very informative booklet, but no lyrics. Please email me some details about the book you mentioned. Sounds very interesting.
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25 Mar 97 - 10:35 AM (#3466) Subject: RE: THE WEXFORD GIRL From: Martin Ryan "The Viking Book of Ballads of the English Speaking WOrld" was published in the States in the mid-50's. Reprinted as the "Penguin ...." in Britain in the mid-seventies. Usually contains two or three versions of a ballad from both sides of the atlantic, with notes. Probably not the most reliable source of information but certainly useful. Has tunes, which helps. Regards Marrtitn |
08 Jun 97 - 01:11 AM (#6412) Subject: RE: THE WEXFORD GIRL From: RENEW/Gene |
02 Jan 08 - 10:58 PM (#2227159) Subject: RE: THE WEXFORD GIRL From: GUEST,Ronnie Guitar After three weeks floating in the river I don't think she would have been looking so fair. |
09 Jun 08 - 04:00 PM (#2361707) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Wexford Girl From: GUEST,Darrelle My mother, a sharecropper's daughter born in Texas in 1908, sang this song to me. This is the first time I've seen lyrics in print. Her version was a combination of "Knoxville" and "Wexford" with interesting variations. I'm interested in seeing the "Oxford" lyrics. |