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Interviewed by musician and folklorist Mick Moloney in 1975, Reavy explained:

Yeah…well Leddy was a very good friend of mine…a wonderful gentleman…

''Yeah…well Leddy was a very good friend of mine…a wonderful gentleman…''

he was in the same business as I am…plumbing and heating contractors for

''he was in the same business as I am…plumbing and heating contractors for''

…oh…a number of years. He was a wonderful Irish man and a great lover of

''…oh…a number of years. He was a wonderful Irish man and a great lover of''

Music too. He played a bit himself but not too much. He wanted to have a son

''Music too. He played a bit himself but not too much. He wanted to have a son''

that ws going to be a great player…which he would have been. He took music

''that ws going to be a great player…which he would have been. He took music''

lessons off a professional teacher here for about a year. So then he used to

''lessons off a professional teacher here for about a year. So then he used to''

come down to my place every Sunday for the traditional music. Well if I do

''come down to my place every Sunday for the traditional music. Well if I do''

say it myself that was the one boy that I really taught the Irish traditional

''say it myself that was the one boy that I really taught the Irish traditional''

music to that I could feel proud of. He was really almost at the top of the

''music to that I could feel proud of. He was really almost at the top of the''

ladder as a great player…then he got married. He married a German girl…

''ladder as a great player…then he got married. He married a German girl…''

a wonderful wife, but they don’t have anything in common as far as traditional

''a wonderful wife, but they don’t have anything in common as far as traditional''

music is concerned and he dropped it like a hot potato as we used to say…

''music is concerned and he dropped it like a hot potato as we used to say…''

dropped the music and stopped playing entirely. Now maybe it was the fault

''dropped the music and stopped playing entirely. Now maybe it was the fault''

of the father driving him into it, I don’t know. You see sometimes if you force

''of the father driving him into it, I don’t know. You see sometimes if you force''

something on a person…if you happened to be my son and I want you to be a

''something on a person…if you happened to be my son and I want you to be a''

doctor and you don’t want to be a doctor you want to be a carpenter or you

''doctor and you don’t want to be a doctor you want to be a carpenter or you''

want to be an electrician or something else…well you see it’s the wrong thing

''want to be an electrician or something else…well you see it’s the wrong thing''

to do. I think it’s always better to let the peron…the child or whoever it is

''to do. I think it’s always better to let the peron…the child or whoever it is''

decide for themselves in that matter…I think they would be more successful.

''decide for themselves in that matter…I think they would be more successful.''

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 Interviewed by musician and folklorist Mick Moloney in 1975, Reavy explained:
 <blockquote>
-Yeah…well Leddy was a very good friend of mine…a wonderful gentleman…
+''Yeah…well Leddy was a very good friend of mine…a wonderful gentleman…''
-he was in the same business as I am…plumbing and heating contractors for
+''he was in the same business as I am…plumbing and heating contractors for''
-…oh…a number of years.  He was a wonderful Irish man and a great lover of
+''…oh…a number of years.  He was a wonderful Irish man and a great lover of''
-Music too. He played a bit himself but not too much. He wanted to have a son
+''Music too. He played a bit himself but not too much. He wanted to have a son''
-that ws going to be a great player…which he would have been.  He took music
+''that ws going to be a great player…which he would have been.  He took music''
-lessons off a professional teacher here for about a year. So then he used to
+''lessons off a professional teacher here for about a year. So then he used to''
-come down to my place every Sunday for the traditional music.  Well if I do
+''come down to my place every Sunday for the traditional music.  Well if I do''
-say it myself that was the one boy that I really taught the Irish traditional
+''say it myself that was the one boy that I really taught the Irish traditional''
-music to that I could feel proud of.  He was really almost at the top of the
+''music to that I could feel proud of.  He was really almost at the top of the''
-ladder as a great player…then he got married.  He married a German girl…
+''ladder as a great player…then he got married.  He married a German girl…''
-a wonderful wife, but they don’t have anything in common as far as traditional
+''a wonderful wife, but they don’t have anything in common as far as traditional''
-music is concerned and he dropped it like a hot potato as we used to say…
+''music is concerned and he dropped it like a hot potato as we used to say…''
-dropped the music and stopped playing entirely. Now maybe it was the fault
+''dropped the music and stopped playing entirely. Now maybe it was the fault''
-of the father driving him into it, I don’t know. You see sometimes if you force
+''of the father driving him into it, I don’t know. You see sometimes if you force''
-something on a person…if you happened to be my son and I want you to be a
+''something on a person…if you happened to be my son and I want you to be a''
-doctor and you don’t want to be a doctor you want to be a carpenter or you
+''doctor and you don’t want to be a doctor you want to be a carpenter or you''
-want to be an electrician or something else…well you see it’s the wrong thing
+''want to be an electrician or something else…well you see it’s the wrong thing''
-to do.  I think it’s always better to let the peron…the child or whoever it is
+''to do.  I think it’s always better to let the peron…the child or whoever it is''
-decide for themselves in that matter…I think they would be more successful.
+''decide for themselves in that matter…I think they would be more successful.''
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