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Owen Moore: "John O'Dreams"
All instruments & all vocals - Owen Moore.
"John O'Dreams" is an old song, written by Bill Caddick in about 1967. It appeared on a Clancy Brothers album forty years ago, when it was sung by Robbie O'Connell and it had also featured on a record a few years before that, in 1978, by Mick Moloney and Eugene O'Donnell.
The character, "John-a-dreams", is mentioned briefly by Shakespeare in Hamlet, while this song's actual melody is credited with having been derived from an Italian or Russian folk tune. In the classical music world, it was also adapted by Tchaikovsky in his 6th Symphony, "Pathetique".
On a light note, humourist Les Barker has also produced a re-written lyric with the title, "Custard Creams"... !
Also, seven years before Bill Caddick's song came along, there was a record called, "My Empty Room", with a very similar tune, by Little Anthony And The Imperials...
All instruments & all vocals - Owen Moore.
"John O'Dreams" is an old song, written by Bill Caddick in about 1967. It appeared on a Clancy Brothers album forty years ago, when it was sung by Robbie O'Connell and it had also featured on a record a few years before that, in 1978, by Mick Moloney and Eugene O'Donnell.
The character, "John-a-dreams", is mentioned briefly by Shakespeare in Hamlet, while this song's actual melody is credited with having been derived from an Italian or Russian folk tune. In the classical music world, it was also adapted by Tchaikovsky in his 6th Symphony, "Pathetique".
On a light note, humourist Les Barker has also produced a re-written lyric with the title, "Custard Creams"... !
Also, seven years before Bill Caddick's song came along, there was a record called, "My Empty Room", with a very similar tune, by Little Anthony And The Imperials...