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| − | '''Packie Manus Byrne:''' Was born in Co Donegal, but lived in England for many years. | + | '''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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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).