[mplpost] Re: Wade Hemsworth has died

[Mike Regenstreif]

At 10:04 AM 1/20/02, Mike Regenstreif wrote:
>        Wade Hemsworth, the dean of Canadian folk song writers, died 
> yesterday at
>the age of 85.  (I know it's academically incorrect to say that someone
>*wrote folk songs*, but Wade did.)
>
>        Among his songs were such classics as "The Log Driver's Waltz," 
> "The Black
>Fly Song," "Foolish You," and "Wild Geese."


         A correction.  Wade's song is "The Wild Goose," not to be confused 
with Ian Tyson's "Wild Geese."

         MR

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