Susannes
Folksong-Notizen
- [1993:] Idris Davies, a coal miner in Wales, was
a friend of Dylan Thomas. I came across his poem
reprinted in one of Thomas' essays 'So Early One
Morning'. After the failure of the British
general strike of 1926, Idris Davies, then a
teenager, determined to leave coal mining. He
studied nights for four years, [...] became a
school teacher in London, and published three
slim volumes of poetry. Died of cancer at the
young age of 44.
In 1960 [my wife] Toshi and I were able to visit
Mrs. Davies, Idris's mother, still living in
Rhymney - a typical coal mine town: 50 yards wide
and one mile long. Caerphilly is nearby [...].
Wye is a more prosperous valley 50 miles east.
The tune came to me once on tour, in Montreal.
(Seeger, Flowers 98f)
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