Life
1903-1984; [?-?]; [prop. Jimmy Kennedy]; b. Omagh, Co. Tyrone; raised in Portstewart, Co. Londonderry; d. TCD; author of “The Teddy Bears Picnic”, “Red Sails in the Sunset”, “South of the Border”.
“Love is Like a Violin”, and “The Hokey Cokey”; he is commemorated in Stewart Parker’s play Spokesong (1975), based on his music. DUB
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Notes
“South of the Border [Down Mexican Way]”, words by Jimmy Kennedy and Michael Carr; Maurice-Peter Music Co. Ltd.; copyright held by EMI Pub. Ltd. The song is heard in Patrick McCabe, Emerald Germs of Ireland (Picador 2001), with acknowledgements to the copyright owners.
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