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“It’s anonymous….The anonymous stuff, from the really early times moves gradually on down through the centuries and into lyrics of Irish songs….The poetry doesn’t date either. It’s an oral tradition. It was an oral tradition, and started being written down in, I suppose the 16th century. But they were still (much earlier) carried by the people. They are all songs, really, all those old Irish poems. ‘The Midnight Court’ would have had a tune. Or it would have been lilted. That’s why Irish songs don’t date, because they come from the same tradition. That’s why I’d much rather be remembered as an Irish songwriter than a rock songwriter...Because it’s immortality. To have one of your songs accepted into the tradition is a real honour.”
—— Shane MacGowan
