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dulcimergal · 02-03-2004, 03:28 PM

Hi all

Thanks for the replies. From what I've been able to gather from this and other sources Moore got the words for Back Home in Derry from Bobby Sands and used Edmond Fitzgerald tune. Guess Gordon didn't know about the words when gave Moore permission to use the tune.

02-03-2004, 03:28 PM	#5
dulcimergal Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 5	Hi all Thanks for the replies. From what I've been able to gather from this and other sources Moore got the words for Back Home in Derry from Bobby Sands and used Edmond Fitzgerald tune. Guess Gordon didn't know about the words when gave Moore permission to use the tune.