the chieftains & tim o'brien - shady grove

What greater thing is there for two human souls than to feel that they are joined... to strengthen each other... to be at one with each other in silent unspeakable memories.

George Eliot

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[Ashley Phillips]

I love this

[Ashley Phillips]

I like this song

[Larz Gustafsson]

Brilliant!

[FenrisMusick]

God. Fuck me if If I'm not drunk and listening to this song. This shit is insane.

[ZenobiaPalmyrene]

It's been great talking to you too. :)

God Bless!

[ZenobiaPalmyrene]

Yes, you were indeed fortunate to Bill Monroe in person!

:)

[ZenobiaPalmyrene]

"City folk" like to assume that their culture is "better" than rural culture. ;)

Before the time of radio, TV broadcasts & the Internet; rural cultures

were isolated from outside cultural influence. That's what saved their

music & folklore!

My other grandparents had a farm in the northeastern USA. They lived

in an area that was in transition because of available jobs in industry

& the public sector. K-12 school's gym was used for dances; that the

entire community attended (1950's/1960's)

[ZenobiaPalmyrene]

Thank you for replying to my comment. I was talking about rural Ireland in the late 1940's, & 1950's. After joining the EU in 1973; Ireland began to change very rapidly. My grandmother owned a country house in rural Ireland & I used to spend most of my summer vacation with her. --- The rural culture in the USA was very similar; since it was derived from the rural culture of the British Isles as well as the rural culture of other areas of western and central Europe. Great memories! :)

[ZenobiaPalmyrene]

Right ye are!

People in the country learned to dance at home with their siblings & cousins (who always lived nearby). If a musician wasn't present, the adults would "Lilt" ("Mouth-Music") to provide the rhythm for the instructions.

At the public gatherings for the community; girls who were not engaged would often dance together (the fellows would do their own singular jigs -- or go outside & drink).

Only engaged & married couples were allowed to dance the

reels & sets together in public

[ZenobiaPalmyrene]

"samdogdamndog2" is right.

At that time; according to the rules of church; only engaged & married couples were allowed to dance the reels and "sets"

("Sets" = "Squares" = Celtic version of the American Square dance)

The waltz was seen as positively scandalous! The waltz was forbidden

by most of the churches of Europe (when it first arrived on the dance

scene). But later it was allowed (for awhile) ONLY for married couples