Packie Manus Byrne - Revision history

RodStradling at 17:15, 26 March 2007

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	'''Packie Manus Byrne:''' Was born in Co Donegal, but lived in England for many years.  He came to live in Manchester and he asked me to record a number of his whistle tunes, so that he could send a tape to a relative who lived abroad.  At the time I had been reading Evelyn Wells book ''The Ballad Tree'' and I remembered that she said that one of the ways to collect ballads was to ask the singer if they knew the one about the milk-white steed.  During a break in recording I plucked up my courage and asked the question to Packie.  Packie blinked his eyes with surprise, before saying, “God, yes.  But I haven’t sung that one in thirty years!” Then he sang me a version of ''Johnny o’ Hazelgreen'' (Child 293), which turned out to be the first version ever collected from an Irish singer.  (A later recording appeared on Packie’s album ''Songs of a Donegal Man'' - Topic 12TS257).		'''Packie Manus Byrne:''' Was born in Co Donegal, but lived in England for many years.  He came to live in Manchester and he asked me to record a number of his whistle tunes, so that he could send a tape to a relative who lived abroad.  At the time I had been reading Evelyn Wells book ''The Ballad Tree'' and I remembered that she said that one of the ways to collect ballads was to ask the singer if they knew the one about the milk-white steed.  During a break in recording I plucked up my courage and asked the question to Packie.  Packie blinked his eyes with surprise, before saying, “God, yes.  But I haven’t sung that one in thirty years!” Then he sang me a version of ''Johnny o’ Hazelgreen'' (Child 293), which turned out to be the first version ever collected from an Irish singer.  (A later recording appeared on Packie’s album ''Songs of a Donegal Man'' - Topic 12TS257).


			''Part of the booklet notes, written by Mike Yates, to the Musical Traditions Records CDs The Birds Upon the Tree (MTCD311-2)''

RodStradling at 11:08, 26 March 2007

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	'''Packie Manus Byrne:''' Was born in Co Donegal, but lived in England for many years.  ~~Packie had picked up both songs~~ in ~~Donegal, but, like many~~ of his ~~forbears~~, he had ~~sought work~~ in ~~England~~ and ~~had been happy~~ to ~~share~~ his ~~songs~~ with an ~~English audience~~.		'''Packie Manus Byrne:''' Was born in Co Donegal, but lived in England for many years.  He came to live in Manchester and he asked me to record a number of his whistle tunes, so that he could send a tape to a relative who lived abroad.  At the time I had been reading Evelyn Wells book ''The Ballad Tree'' and I remembered that she said that one of the ways to collect ballads was to ask the singer if they knew the one about the milk-white steed.  During a break in recording I plucked up my courage and asked the question to Packie.  Packie blinked his eyes with surprise, before saying, “God, yes.  But I haven’t sung that one in thirty years!” Then he sang me a version of ''Johnny o’ Hazelgreen'' (Child 293), which turned out to be the first version ever collected from an Irish singer.  (A later recording appeared on Packie’s album ''Songs of a Donegal Man'' - Topic 12TS257).

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2007-03-24T12:29:03Z

New page: '''Packie Manus Byrne:''' Was born in Co Donegal, but lived in England for many years. Packie had picked up both songs in Donegal, but, like many of his forbears, he had sought work ...

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'''Packie Manus Byrne:''' Was born in Co Donegal, but lived in England for many years.  Packie had picked up both songs in Donegal, but, like many of his forbears, he had sought work in England and had been happy to share his songs with an English audience.