Re: Back Home in Derry
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Originally Posted by Peter Bro10
I don't know if Gord officially approved the using of the melody from the Wreck for this song/tune... I've read a good deal and I'm still not sure.
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Err Umm from one of the earlier threads on this subject:-
http://www.corfid.com/vbb/showthread...ack+home+derry
As previously posted by CHar
In the man's own words
from:-
http://www.sungazette.com/page/conte....html?nav=5016
"Lightfoot said he may have borrowed the song’s hook from an Irish folk song he heard in the early 1960s. He credits his band with creating the seafaring theme that cradles his desperate lyrics."
that sounds pretty conclusive to me
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