On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 8:12 AM, Anthony
Robb <[1][email protected]> wrote:
The matter of real importance and certainty, of course, is that it
has
survived in various forms and is a cracking tune.
Agreed, Anthony!
And thanks for reminding us about Phil Ranson. At the time (1984-5) I
was a recent economic migrant to Northumberland, Phil invited me to
join his ceilidh band on guitar and fiddle.
I am fascinated by the 'soup' that accompanies traditional tunes, the
lore which has its own reality but is different from 'facts'. It is not
inconceivable that Shield composed the Morpeth Rant; I have seen no
evidence that convinces me he did; and does it matter?
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