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Watching Brid Cairenn Words and Music by Lawrence C. Connolly He pulls to the shoulder, The hillside angles down, Splashes through the runoff, And parks beneath the shroud Of overhanging branches That cloak the moon in green. He turns on the highbeams And turns to Brid Cairenn. Hey says, You wanted to go danging? We'll here's a place I've found Beyond the shallow runoff, A stage of rising ground. Beyond the dented fender, Where the xenon beams converge, She climbs onto the hillock And teeters on the verge. She says, You want to see me dancing? We'll here's some moves I've found That fulcrum on the ankles and pivot on the ground. Kinetic expectation: She turns her head askance, Tilts in forward motion ... And falls into the dance. He reclines in the dash lights, the backrest angled down. He plays the AM speakers That crackle with the sound. A thousand and once dances That set the night aring. He turns on the highbeams And watches Brid careen.
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Two Seas 03:43
Two Seas Words and Music by Christopher Laughrey We met at night where two seas joined, Where the warm stream begins to flow. Damp scents of pine, damp brack and brine, A black sky scratched by Perseid's show, Flesh and hair, thick with salt, Green eyes yield all they know, Red lightning south beyond the straits, Two hearts became one soul. Two decades beside spun round the sun. Our sad hearts lost their way. You hid in mountains cold and tall, Why you would not say. When you returned, I failed to see The worth of one more day. Our soul was one so fell undone, To wait while two heats stray. I remember emerald water, Sea grass like fluid jade, A hot embrace on evening wind, The promises we made. Flamingo tongues on purple fans Turned pale beneath your touch. The stream flowed on to a northern sea To warm its icy clutch. Tonight's wild gale drives snow across The heat from dark Killary Bay. It howls across the Twelve Bens and throws Waves at Western Way. But we rest safe in Tullycross, Asleep in my arms you lay. Our hearts aligned where two seas bind, A soul in which to stay.
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Rising of the Moon trad. Oh tell me Sean O'Farrell, tell me why you hurry so Hush a bhuachaill, hush and listen and his cheeks were all aglow I bear orders from the captain, get you ready quick and soon For the pikes must be together at the rising of the moon At the rising of the moon, at the rising of the moon For the pikes must be together at the rising of the moon And come tell me Sean O'Farrell, where the gathering is to be At the old spot by the river quite well known to you and me One more word for signal token, whistle out the marching tune With your pike upon your shoulder at the rising of the moon At the rising of the moon, at the rising of the moon With your pike upon your shoulder at the rising of the moon Out from many a mud walled cabin eyes were watching through the night Many a manly heart was beating for the blessed morning's light Murmurs ran along the valley to the banshee's lonely croon And a thousand pikes were flashing by the rising of the moon By the rising of the moon, by the rising of the moon And a thousand pikes were flashing by the rising of the moon All along that singing river, that black mass of men was seen High above their shining weapons flew their own beloved green Death to every foe and traitor, whistle out the marching tune And hoorah me boys for freedom 'tis the rising of the moon 'Tis the rising of the moon, 'tis the rising of the moon And hoorah me boys for freedom 'tis the rising of the moon
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Cod Liver Oil trad. I'm a young married man and I'm tired of life Ten years I've been wed to a pale sickly wife, She's nothing to do only sit there and cry Praying and praying to God she would die. A friend of my own came to see me one day He told me my wife she was pining away He afterwards told me that she would get strong If I get a bottle from dear Dr John. Oh doctor, oh doctor, oh dear Dr John Your cod liver oil is so pure and so strong I'm afraid of my life, I'll go down in the soil If me wife don't stop drinking your cod liver oil. I bought her a bottle, well just for to try And the way that she drank it you'd think she might die I bought her another, it vanished the same And then she got cod liver oil on the brain. I bought her another, she drank it no doubt, And then she began to get terrible stout, And when she got stout well of course she got strong And I became jealous of dear Dr John. Oh doctor, oh doctor, oh dear Dr John Your cod liver oil is so pure and so strong I'm afraid of my life, I'll go down in the soil If me wife don't stop drinking your cod liver oil. Me house it resembles a great doctor's shop Its covered in bottles from bottom to top Well early the morning the kettle does boil You would swear it was singing of cod liver oil. Oh doctor, oh doctor, oh dear Dr John Your cod liver oil is so pure and so strong I'm afraid of my life, I'll go down in the soil If me wife don't stop drinking Oh doctor, oh doctor, oh dear Dr John Your cod liver oil is so pure and so strong I'm afraid of my life, I'll go down in the soil If me wife don't stop drinking your cod liver oil.
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Castlegregory Words and Music by Lawrence C. Connolly See the sails of Castlegregory Reflected in mirrored sea. Hear the men singing on the quay, Echoing chants, calling me. On the shore a lonely woman stand Hair tied back, braided bands. Hear her voice calling to the sails Echoing chants, soulful wails. In the dawn the jagged sea turns white, Drawing the ships made ready in the night. On the deck young Lorcan trims the sails, Singing with the men, chantey wails. See the sails of Castlegregory Reflected in the mirrored sea. Hear the men singing on the quay, Echoing chants, calling me.
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Star of the County Down trad. Banbridge Town in the County Down One morning last July, From a boreen green came a sweet colleen And she smiled as she passed me by. She looked so sweet from her two bare feet To the sheen of her nut brown hair Such a coaxing elf, sure I shook myself For to see I was really there. [Chorus:] From Bantry Bay into Derry Quay From Galway to Dublin Town No maid I've seen like the fair colleen That I met in the County Down As she onward sped, sure I scratched my head, And I looked with a feelin' rare, And I says, says I, to a passer-by, "Who's the maid with the nut brown hair? He smiled at me and he says, says he, "That's the gem of Ireland's crown. Young Rosie McCann from the banks of the Bann, She's the star of the County Down." [Chorus] The Harvest Fair she'll be surely there And I'll dress in my Sunday clothes, With my shoes shone bright and my hat cocked right For a smile from my nut brown rose. No pipe I'll smoke, no horse I'll yoke Till my plough turns rust coloured brown. Till my smiling bride by my own fireside Sits the star of the County Down.
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Leaving Liverpool trad. Fare thee well, my own true love, I am going far away I am bound for California, And I know that I'll return someday So fare thee well, my own true love, For when I return, united we will be It's not the leaving of Liverpool that grieves me, But my darling when I think of thee I have shipped on a Yankee sailing ship, Davy Crockett is her name, And her Captain's name was Burgess, And they say that she's a floating hell So fare thee well, my own true love, For when I return, united we will be It's not the leaving of Liverpool that grieves me, But my darling when I think of thee Oh the sun is on the harbour, love, And I wish that I could remain, For I know that it will be a long, long time, Before I see you again So fare thee well, my own true love, For when I return, united we will be It's not the leaving of Liverpool that grieves me, But my darling when I think of thee
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Five Minute Walk Words and Music by Lawrence C. Connolly A handful of time, glass filled with wine, Rush past my eyes in the second That it takes to say hello. And I'm amazed at how long it took to ask her out alone. I fumble a pass. She smiles through the glass While the glow in her cheeks seems to speak That it's time for us to go. And it's a five minute walk Up Broadway to Roscoe and home. She brings a bag to keep her dreams in. I put my key into the lock, turn the knob and begin To understand the ways of February days When the lines that I find start to seem like Something that I mean. And I don't really know If the actor is really me. She brings a bag to keep her dreams in. I put my arms around her waist And tumble down while the crickets in the night Hum softly while deep within my soul I'm amazed a how long it took me to ask her out alone. And it's a five minute walk Up Broadway to Roscoe and home.
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Arthur McBride trad. I had a young cousin named Arthur McBride he and took a stroll down by the seaside a seekin' good fortune and what might be tide bein' just as the day was a dawnin' and then after restin' we both took a tram to meet Sergeant Harper and Corporal Cram beside the wee drummer who beat up the camp with his rowdy dow dow in the mornin' He said, "Me young fellows if you will enlist a Guinea you quickly shall have in your fist Besides a Crown for to kick up the dust and to drink the King's health in the morning" Had we been such a fool as to take the advance with a wee bit of money we'd have to run chance "Do you think it no scruples to send us to France where we should be killed in the morning?" He said, "Me young fellows if I hear but one word I instantly now will out with my sword and into your bodies as strength will support So now me gay devils take warnin!" But Arthur and I we both took the odds and we gave them no chance for to launch out their swords our whackin' shillelaghs came over their heads and we paid them right smart in the morning and as for the drummer, we rifled his pouch and we made a football of his rowdy dow dow and into the ocean to rock and to roll barin' the day it's returnin' and as for the rapier he hung by his side we threw it as far as we could in the tide "To the devil I pit you!" says Arthur McBride, "to temper your steel in the mornin'"
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Riley's Daughter trad. As I was sitting by the fire Puffing on my favorite brier Suddenly a thought came into my head I thought I'd marry marry Reilly's daughter Giddy I ae, giddy I ae, giddy I ae For the one-eyed Reilly Giddy I ae, (clap, clap, clap) Try it on your old big drum Reilly played on the big bass drum Reilly had a mind for murder and slaughter Reilly had a bright red glittering eye And he kept that eye on his lovely daughter Giddy I ae, giddy I ae, giddy I ae For the one-eyed Reilly Giddy I ae, (clap, clap, clap) Try it on your old big drum Her hair was black and her eyes were blue The colonel and the major and the captain sought her The sergeant and the private and the drummer-boy too But they never had a chance with Reilly's daughter Giddy I ae, giddy I ae, giddy I ae For the one-eyed Reilly Giddy I ae, (clap, clap, clap) Try it on your old big drum I got me a ring and a parson too Got me a scratch in a married quarter Settled me down to a peaceful life Happy as a king with Reilly's daughter Giddy I ae, giddy I ae, giddy I ae For the one-eyed Reilly Giddy I ae, (clap, clap, clap) Try it on your old big drum Suddenly a knock at the door Who should it be but the one-eyed Reilly With two pistols in his hands Looking for the man that had married his daughter Giddy I ae, giddy I ae, giddy I ae For the one-eyed Reilly Giddy I ae, (clap, clap, clap) Try it on your old big drum I caught old Reilly by the hair Rammed his head in a bucket of water Fired his pistols into the air A damned sight quicker than I married his daughter Giddy I ae, giddy I ae, giddy I ae For the one-eyed Reilly Giddy I ae, (clap, clap, clap) Try it on your old big drum

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