Here is a Hallowe'en themed song that I recorded late last night with Aileen and it is just gorgeous. The song is actually a poem, entitled Hallow’s E’en by Winifred M Letts and published in her collection ‘Song From Leinster’ in 1914. Aileen has been working a lot on Winifred's poetry over the years and putting airs to them and bringing them into the song tradition. There are very few Hallowe'en songs in the Irish song tradition and in this one, Winifred writes about a number of courting and di

Aileen Quinn on set of "Annie" 1981. Age 10