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   From: java@evij.com   
      
   I'm not sure whether it's actually traditional or not  -  my vinyl "The   
   World Of Ewan MacColl And Peggy Seeger" (SPA-A 102) has the following on the   
   sleeve ...   
      
   """Ballad Of Springhill   
      
   The Springhill mining disaster of 1958 was the first to receive world-wide   
   television coverage.  Ewan and Peggy saw it during a visit to Paris and this   
   song  -  a joint composition  -  was the result."""   
      
   ... but on the actual vinyl label it has ...   
      
   """Ballad Of Springhill (arr MacColl, Seeger)"""   
      
   ... so I'm not sure whether they re-arranged a traditional song or wrote an   
   entirely new one.  Certainly, all the versions I've ever heard sung around   
   the clubs seem to be based on theirs.   
      
   "Stephen & Marilyn Suffet"  wrote in message   
   news:45A4DC48.38EA4C1D@worldnet.att.net...   
   >   
   > I have entirely different versions of "Three Foot Seam," the traditional   
   > miners' song.   
      
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