The Day we went to Bangor
I started high school at St Paul’s College, Traralgon, in 1979. For music, students had a choice of learning the recorder or guitar. I chose the recorder, with a view to later learning the clarinet, which I began in form two (year 8).
I made good progress with the recorder and can still play tunes today. Our teacher introduced us to a range of music from classical to jazz and popular.
The point of this post is to remark that two of the “popular” songs we learnt in 1980 were Paul McCartney’s Mull of Kintyre and The Day we went to Bangor by Fiddlers Dram.
The former will be familiar to many readers, albeit nostalgically. The latter was a brief foray into the mainstream charts by an otherwise obscure British folk group.
Funnily enough, the tune has stuck in my head for nearly three decades and I frequently visit YouTube for a fix. Unfortunately the film clip version has been removed from YouTube. The audio is here.
It’s like getting a song stuck in your head that just won’t go away, except this one recurs.
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