Air: My Love Is A Band Boy
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First thing that title suggested was a Catholic girl in love with a Protestant
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Re: Air: My Love Is A Band Boy
Maybe, but not necessarily, I think. I imagine that Irish regiments recruited band boys of either persuasion. So the dramatis personae of the title could be either.bensdad wrote:First thing that title suggested was a Catholic girl in love with a Protestant
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Re: Air: My Love Is A Band Boy
I think bensdad may be talking about a different meaning of the word "band" there, Mr Guru Sir. Maybe as a synonym for "sash" perhaps.MTGuru wrote:Maybe, but not necessarily, I think. I imagine that Irish regiments recruited band boys of either persuasion. So the dramatis personae of the title could be either.bensdad wrote:First thing that title suggested was a Catholic girl in love with a Protestant
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Re: Air: My Love Is A Band Boy
I confess I had wondered if the word "band" in this instance might not be that, and going further, be the reference point to such a difficult love; it should be noted that the word "band" in this context has tended to have greater use outside those marching associations, which might lend support to bensdad's suggestion of the unfortunate divide.benhall.1 wrote:I think bensdad may be talking about a different meaning of the word "band" there, Mr Guru Sir. Maybe as a synonym for "sash" perhaps.MTGuru wrote:Maybe, but not necessarily, I think. I imagine that Irish regiments recruited band boys of either persuasion. So the dramatis personae of the title could be either.bensdad wrote:First thing that title suggested was a Catholic girl in love with a Protestant
The whole thing's too vague to pin down easily, though. This is why I've cast my net hoping for word from the knowledgeable, but only, mind you, out of interest. I like knowing roots and sources, whatever they may be, when I can get them.
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Re: Air: My Love Is A Band Boy
Sure, I get that, Sir Ben. As I said: maybe. I'd want evidence, contemporary with the tune, that "band boy" is/was used in that context, whereas the regimental usage seems well established. And even if so, the title doesn't necessarily imply a sectarian divide at all, unless you want to read that into it.benhall.1 wrote:I think bensdad may be talking about a different meaning of the word "band" there, Mr Guru Sir. Maybe as a synonym for "sash" perhaps.
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Re: Air: My Love Is A Band Boy
Then I have no problem opting to read into it the possible meaning of a broader wish for peace.MTGuru wrote:...unless you want to read that into it.
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Re: Air: My Love Is A Band Boy
OT;
I have always liked this song by Mickey Macconnell
as sung by Frank Harte
http://www.mickeymacconnell.com/Lyrics% ... rummer.htm
I have always liked this song by Mickey Macconnell
as sung by Frank Harte
http://www.mickeymacconnell.com/Lyrics% ... rummer.htm
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