THE OLD RUSTIC BRIDGE BY THE MILL (ballad history) @eugenedunphy167
THE OLD RUSTIC BRIDGE BY THE MILL (ballad history) @eugenedunphy167
Uploaded October 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
Eugene Dunphy tells how an Irish-American plumber crafted a sublime ballad.

0:00 Intro
0:17 Erroneous authorship to T. P. Keenan
01:05 Ballad writer J. P. Skelly
01:20 Skelly as songwriter
04:30 Old Rustic Bridge published
04:55 Song arrives in Ireland
05:30 Skelly’s death
06:40 1909 recording by Dawson and Pike
07:05 Link to Michael Collins
07:47 Old Rustic Bridge (song)
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THE OLD RUSTIC BRIDGE BY THE MILL (ballad history)

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