Monday, March 16, 2015

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

   This is a day when everyone is Irish for at least 24 hours. To celebrate I have chosen a song by the seminal Irish music group Planxty. "Little Musgrave" is a version of "Matty Groves", from Fairport Convention's "Liege and Leaf".Musicologists can tell you which came first, or maybe what influenced both of these versions.

   Regardless, pour yourself something to drink: tea, Jameson's, a Guinness, a Black and Tan from Yuengling and enjoy!   Erin go bragh!

The song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0-gcccksAg

About the group:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planxty


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