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   Jacey Bedford to mark_bluemel@pobox.com   
   Re: Bonnie Suzie Cleland   
   11 Jan 07 02:41:39   
   
   XPost: uk.music.folk   
   From: lookinsig@nospam.invalid   
      
   In message <1168418563.255648.168870@k58g2000hse.googlegroups.com>,   
   mark_bluemel@pobox.com writes   
   >   
   >David Kilpatrick wrote:   
   >   
   >> It could have done with a gathering of voices for the refrain lines,   
   >> because in a live performance (at least in Scotland) some of the   
   >> audience would be accompanying those confidently after the second verse   
   >> or the singer would begin to feel the song was not going down well. And   
   >> that is why they are there, of course, in this type of song; to be   
   >> joined in with.   
   >   
   >The Oysterband with June Tabor did this song many years ago, and played   
   >games with the refrain lines, sometimes dropping the vocal and putting   
   >in instrumental fills, and for one verse June only sang the refrains.   
   >Great piece of work, IMHO.   
   >   
   Eileen McGann recorded it, too.   
      
   Jacey   
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