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American songwriter Peter Jones discovered a collection of letters in his parents’ attic written by his great-great-great grandfather, Byran Hunt, to his son, John Hunt, who had emigrated from Kilkelly in Ireland to the United States in 1855. The Great Famine in Ireland had forced large numbers of people to emigrate in search of a better life. The five-stanza ballad he wrote based on these letters cover the time period from 1860 to 1892.

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Originally posted by zoom6zoom:
This one always gets my room a bit dusty. Some powerful lyrics, the line about the old blacktop road really has childhood memories for me.

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Originally posted by TMats:

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Originally posted by zoom6zoom:
This one always gets my room a bit dusty. Some powerful lyrics, the line about the old blacktop road really has childhood memories for me.

I had never heard that one before. Loved it! What a crying shame that she passed away so young. Her small role in “Castaway” is my favorite part of the movie.

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I had the priviledge of meeting Lari twice. Amazing lady.
Another memory, from a cold snowy night. I was in the front row at the old Birchmere. Lari sat on the corner of the stage, three feet from me, and sang the following song right to me. For those few moments, we were the only two people in the world.