The infinite waltz, welcome home, ladies and gentlemen
#187991 by mikal
Tue Mar 17, 2009 7:21 pm
I'm sure this was discussed 12 years ago, but I just saw a movie called "The Quiet Man", from 1952. A couple of the characters were singing a song, and all of the sudden I heard them sing the words "Wild Colonial Boy" with the exact same melody as DT's Colonial Boy song.

Here are the lyrics:
http://www.reelclassics.com/Movies/Quie ... lyrics.htm

The rest of the lyrics aren't the same, but I'm pretty sure this song influenced the DT song.

So, Mr. Townsend, is this what influenced your song? What made you decide to use that one line and write a whole new song around it?

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