For St. Patrick's Day, The Origin of Danny Boy. Briefly: an ancient Irish air, transcribed from the playing of a blind fiddler, was found by a lawyer/songwriter to match a lyric already written; the result endures. At greater length, at the link. Thanks (indirectly) to The Phantom at A Tangled Web.
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
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