One-Eyed Reilly
{™M very fond of folk-somgs but I tune in to them with fear and trembling, for nothing makes my hackles rise as much as the self-conscious "arty" way in which they are sometimes sung. However, a delightful broadcast of traditional songs by Robert Irwin and Reynold’s Sextet from 2YA _ recently
showed one way to do them properly: the singing straightforward and manly with a male chorus for the refrain, but the accompaniment really witty and varied. I was thoroughly enjoying this when the next song was announced-"One-eyed Reilly." I sat bolt upright; the rollicking song of that name I had sung in many a camp had not one verse which could be broadcast. Could this be the same song? It was, a few skilful touches here and there having transformed the remarkably impure into the reasonably pure. The singer was pursued with the pistols because he had married Reilly’s daughter; in the original this was very far from being the case. I wonder how many ex-ser-vicemen chuckled over this song, I hope it’s broadcast again.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 20, Issue 501, 28 January 1949, Page 8
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177One-Eyed Reilly New Zealand Listener, Volume 20, Issue 501, 28 January 1949, Page 8
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