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I used to go to the school folk club with my songs when I was only 13 or so and say this is a traditional folk song and sing it with a bad Irish accent to disguise the real source.

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Mark Knopfler
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: August 12
Film Score Composer
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Record Producer
Singer-Songwriter
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Glasgow
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