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Walter Meyer <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 6 Aug 1999 20:37:04 -0400
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Steven Schwartz wrote:

>I love John Ford's movies.  In fact, I can only smile with infinite pity
>on those who don't accept him as our greatest movie director.  However,
>to me the music he generally uses is incredibly weak, usually provided by
>routineers.  The only exception that comes to mind immediately is Victor
>Young's score for The Quiet Man.

Which includes a song (played, not sung) I remember learning in elementary
school and never hearing again the text of which starts:

   "Rosie, Betsy, blue eyed Molly, Molly,
   April is the time for folly, folly....

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   And Jenny Wren is building in the willow."

Anyone recognize it?

Walter Meyer

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