In a message dated 15/02/02 08:03:55 GMT Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Subject: Was Waylon & van Ronk, now Princess Margaret with JC > > Colin writes: > > << As for allegedly saying 'the Irish are pigs', well we were all brought up > > to think that so it is hardly earthshattering even if she did say it. >> > > I don't know if you're serious, kidding, exaggerating, or just being > provocative, Colin! > > I first visited Great Britain when was a teenager in 1971, during the height > > of The Troubles with Northern Ireland and the IRA. With my quintessentially > > Irish surname, I expected to be badly treated. That never happened. The > British people I met couldn't have been nicer, and that has been my > experience ever since. In fact, I can't remember any British person I've > ever > met even bringing up the fact that I am Irish American. (Maybe they were all > > calling me a Harp Yank bastard behind my back, but I doubt it.) > > Colin also said: > > << However, don't believe everything you read in the papers! Princess > Margeret did not insist on being called ma'am by her friends. Nor was she > shallow. She did much for charity, especially she did much for the abused > children of this country. >> > > You've got a point there, Colin, because that's a lesson I never seem to > learn. I'm with Colin on this - i.e. not a royalist but:- Our local paper carries a story today, of when Margaret visited the local Barnado's home (for orphans). A boy showed her a guitar he had made and she showed great interest and picked out a tune on it. She had some talent as a musician, especially as a pianist, and entertained many. The story I like best about her, however, involves the Incredible String Band. According to Robin Williamson, who I am going to see next Friday, by coincidence, the Princess spent some time with this eccentric band and he remembers her rendition of the Monty Python song "I've got a ferret sticking up my nose" on piano quite vividly. The Royal Family cannot be all bad! The funeral was today and a number of well known musicians who were friends attended. Jacky
