Anne-Marie Duff
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Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth
Anne-Marie Duff
No, they weren't musicians, but my dad sang an awful lot and would sing at parties.
Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth
Anne-Marie Duff
So he would always sing to my mother.
Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth
Anne-Marie Duff
Jim Reeves was a hugely, hugely important singer for the Irish and Caribbean community.
Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth
Anne-Marie Duff
And Dad would sing one of his songs looking at my mum.
Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth
Anne-Marie Duff
The chorus was, Oh Mary, marry me.
Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth
Anne-Marie Duff
And he would sing that to her at two o'clock in the morning or whatever.
Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth
Anne-Marie Duff
Yeah, he recently passed away, yeah.
Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth
Anne-Marie Duff
And of course, I was like a little lapdog.
Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth
Anne-Marie Duff
I was desperate for him to pay me some attention.
Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth
Anne-Marie Duff
Any crumb, any crumb will do.
Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth
Anne-Marie Duff
And he was really smart and interested and also a bit of an entertainer.
Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth
Anne-Marie Duff
And the two of us would do Laurel and Hardy, Blue Ridge Mountains.
Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth
Anne-Marie Duff
And of course, he would be Stan Laurel and I'd have to be the straight man.