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youngstranger · 04-29-2009, 06:14 AM

"Willie MacBride" is a song called No Man's Land written in the '70s by one Eric Bogle. Streets of Laredo predates it and is itself, allegedly, derived from some old British ballad.

It would be interesting to know if Moore (who's hoofing his new album at the moment) cribbed the melody from GL or some older source. I've never heard that air anywhere else but I guess it is a simple tell-a-story-melody.

04-29-2009, 06:14 AM	#10
youngstranger Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 90	Re: Back Home in Derry "Willie MacBride" is a song called No Man's Land written in the '70s by one Eric Bogle. Streets of Laredo predates it and is itself, allegedly, derived from some old British ballad. It would be interesting to know if Moore (who's hoofing his new album at the moment) cribbed the melody from GL or some older source. I've never heard that air anywhere else but I guess it is a simple tell-a-story-melody.