A real trip down memory lane for me as music has always been a big part of my life! By the way: "Did they beat the drum slowly, did they play the fife lowly . . ." is actually from a lovely & sad traditional Irish song called "Te Geen Fields of France" which I have on an Irish CD. Carol

Hi Carol, Thanks for reading. Streets of Laredo is also a variation of another Irish ballad .... "A Handful of Laurel". The tunes get passed around and it seems that lyrics appear at various times for different reasons. I am a firm believer that my Scot-Irish ancestors brought many of our familiar colonial and western songs with them ... just added new words. When Grandma sang it it never sounded sad, but proud and strong. Again, Thanks for the comments. Regards, Bill Oliver -=- Carol Garbo wrote: > A real trip down memory lane for me as music has always been a big part > of my life! By the way: "Did they beat the drum slowly, did they play > the fife lowly . . ." is actually from a lovely & sad traditional Irish > song called "Te Geen Fields of France" which I have on an Irish CD. > Carol > > ==== ILJACKSO Mailing List ==== > Please remember when replying to a query REPLY TO THE LIST so your message goes out to the entire list. This will ensure that the information is archived, which may be of help to someone else in the future. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237