Talk:Star of the County Down

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Lyrics sidebar[edit]

I've moved the lyrics to a sidebar on the right to make the distinction between the article and the lyrics clear. It stops the lyrics from overwhelming the (comparitively short) article text. —Rory ☺ 22:29, Aug 12, 2004 (UTC)

Structure[edit]

Corrected the description of the verse structure and rhyme scheme. What was there was technically correct (rhyming couplets with separate internal rhymes), but it didn't match the way the song is always formatted: quatrains with internal rhymes in the non-rhyming lines (first and third). Logomachon 18:39, 30 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I just want to mention that many overzealous people are contributing to making Wikipedia worse. Having found this article before, I returned to find the lyrics again, but they were no longer there. Was wikipedia running out of space? If an article is about a song, especially a folk song (no copyright) , the lyrics are one of the things that should certaily be there. and just because something can be found somewhere else does not mean it should not be on wikipedia. Regarding whole pages up for deletion, they are not in the way of people who are not looking for them. Why are people deleting any content that someone is looking for? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.189.5.141 (talk) 22:53, 23 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Whoever voted to have this article deleted is clearly ignorant of its influence on music and culture. If anything it needs more research on the history of the tune, its been co-opted for "the seven rejoices of mary" recorded by Loreena McKennitt, "the mighty winds of god" set to the same tune is regularly sung in tens of thousands of churches, also set to the same tune (how I first heard of it actually), and I am very curious as to the earliest version of it. If there is such a thing as history of tunes category, this tune could be similar to the tune most well known as "The Star Spangled Banner" but was an early drinking tune that started with "to Anacreon in heaven". Songcatcher, the movie talks about this and historology of music would benefit from a more fleshed out, linked article. I can't stress enough how small minded and petty the person(s) was for even suggesting this article should be deleted, and how much damage that kind of action does to the historic record - precisely the opposite of what Wikipedia is all about. DO NOT DELETE this article!!!Mrrealtime (talk) 14:15, 25 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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recordings[edit]

I've heard it sung by Van Morrison (with the Chieftains) and Loreena McKennitt, and I imagine there are a hundred more (plus variants like "The Queen of Argyll"). Is something special about the Pogues' and Dylan Walshe's versions? —Tamfang (talk) 02:01, 3 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Indeed the Van Morrison/Chieftains version is the most well-known and "classic." — Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.154.32.89 (talk) 04:32, 19 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]