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Back Home in Derry

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  • 13-04-2013 12:04am
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    Going Forward
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    Listening to Gordon Lightfoot's Edmund Fitzgerald and the melody is the same as BHID, but BHID has a 'chorus'.

    Anyone know if the Edmund Fitzgerald is to a 'traditional' melody?


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    buffalo909
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    From what I know Back Home in Derry's melody is taken from the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, Christy Moore heard somebody sing it and took it from there.


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    Going Forward
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    After digging around I found more discussion on it here:

    http://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=55827 -gets a bit heated in places.........

    and here:

    http://www.corfid.com/vbb/showthread.php?t=14740

    and here, where it is claimed Christy Moore doubts the origins of the actual melody:

    http://www.corfid.com/vbb/showthread.php?t=19632&highlight=derry

    Its a great melody whoever wrote it, but "The Wreck.." doesnt actually have a "chorus" as such, that only appears in the "Back home in Derry" version, which fits it perfectly.................:confused:

    I think its fair to say that Bobby Sands generally gets the inadvertent credit for writing both the melody and words of Back home.... when he just supplied the lyrics.


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    GRMA
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    Bobby Sands sung the song in the h blocks, I presume he used the melody Christy Moore did?


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    Ipso
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    The lyrics aren't very authentic; the chorus should be "I wish I was back home in Derry, hey".


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