Uploaded January 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago

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Eugene Dunphy charts the origins and success of a haunting ballad.

00:00 Intro
00:50 Herbert Hughes (music arranger)/Padraic Colum (lyricist)
01:34 Ballad published and performed
02:45 Sydney MacEwan recording
03:05 Death of Herbert Hughes
03:40 Copyright issues
05:45 Copyright issues resolved
06:45 Further recordings
07:04 A modal ballad
08:00 She Moved Through the Fair (song)