Just wondering if you have any upcoming tours that may bring you to Our neck of the woods, that is St.John’s, Newfoundland, Canada.
Regards
Trevor
Christy's reply
Morra Trevor,
I wont be doing any more long haul gigs….I need to stick close to home for the remainder of the journey….only last week in Letterkenny,County Donegal I had 5 visitors from St.John’s sitting in the front row…. we all sang Sonny’s Dream together..I dedicated it to the memory of Ron Hines…
Christy, just checking to see if you have had a chance to check out the “awaiting moderation” response to the comment I put up recently. It came up when I posted the tunes of two ballads, ‘Belfast Born and Bred’ and ‘The Cause is Peace’ .
Just wondering were you able to hear the tunes and see the ballads? All the very best to you…..
Christy's reply
can not understand your difficulty…..my moderator is absent just now….he is on a gondola in Venice
I am so looking forward to your concert on 25th May at the Royal Festival Hall in London. I will be there with my sister and her husband but this one is extra special as we are taking my two children Molly (13) and Patrick (11) to see you for the first time!
Safe travels
Mo
Christy's reply
Dear Mo,
Having younger listeners present always enhances the performance…I hope U5 have a good night…its my favourite London Venue
I’d like to request your support for our Nobel Peace Prize winning campaign to rid the world of nuclear weapons.
The project is a bit like Live Aid but for nuclear disarmament and will culminate in an event called 80,000 Voices, the organisation is ICAN (the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear weapons). What I’ve been charged with doing at the moment is generating messages of support, so our question to you would be: Do you think the world would be a safer place if no country had nuclear weapons?
If so would you agree to your name and a press shot going up on our website? You’d be in good company, Herbie Hancock, Yoko Ono, Ai Weiwei, Four Tet, Trevor Nelson and Desmond Tutu have already said yes. Here’s a video which perhaps explains the whole thing better than me. https://youtu.be/rT96vR3gE9M
For a PDF which explains everything please give me an email address.
Let me know if you’re happy for us to add your name to our list of supporters.
Best
Emily Wilfer.
Shame on you! shame, you’re the wolf in sheep’s clothing
Jimmy Savile, Tam Paton, our fear
Your name it is Legion, your number is many
And your danger is constant and near
It’s a tale, told of old, to our own little children
A tale told to warn and protect
It’s the tale, told of old, of the wolf in sheep’s clothing
Of the danger that’s hard to detect
Shame on you! shame, you’re the wolf in sheep’s clothing
You’re a predator, an abuser, a beast
And your modus is always beyond our suspicion
On the passive and helpless to feast
In trusted position we afterwards find you
A prominent place in our midst
You’re the priest, the policeman, the judge and the teacher
Disguises we rarely resist
We ignore tell-tale signs of your vicious indulgence
The rent boy ran away with your car
He’s a thief, you’re the victim, he’s in care for good reason
Exploitation’s a game you play hard
In your perverse pursuits you enlist others like you
Like a fierce lupine pack is your crew
By day you’re respectable, nobody doubts you
By night Jim’ll fix it for you
Your deceit knows no boundaries, you prey on the voiceless
Endearing yourself to their folks
While your evil intentions pursued single-minded
Your suggestive advances as jokes
We resolve to be vigilant, careful and cautious
Drafting protocol, rule and safeguard
But the one thing we need to make sure of is really
To see what’s in front of our eyes
So we hope that you finally will get the message
That in even the smallest of towns
We’ll be building in brick, straw is hardly sufficient
To ensure that our homes aren’t blown down
We will find you and stop you, you wolf in sheep’s clothing
Of your predatory nature, enough!
No matter your power, nor your position
No matter your huff and your puff
So be constant, on guard, for the wolf in sheep’s clothing
For he’s right there beside you each day
In position of trust, with access directly
To those he intends as his prey
“Christy’s reply
Dear John,
Wishing you Good Health
Hoping your efforts to expose foul abuse gains support
on and on it goes,
and still the powerful close ranks
turn the blind eye with their smug righteousness”
Thanks Christy. All it takes is for the vast majority of the “Ordinary Man” to keep the head down and not be pulled out of the comfort zone. “Only the very safe can talk about wrong and right”. In Scotland we have a government so adept at spin and cover up that, when an important matter such as this is raised, there is total media silence thereafter, as here. Closed down by a firm of political spin merchants who work day and night, at huge public expense, to do so. Those who challenge are invariably and inevitably “outed” on some trumped up, hyped up allegation which is repeated and spun, and spun and repeated. You have influence on a population I know and trust. I am grateful for kind words and encouragement. Thank you. John,
Thanks for the two special gigs in L’kenny. …. just magical. Great spread of songs over the 2 nights. The “Band “are in some form just now. …. great to have been able to experience it all.
Thanks to all the gang ,onstage and backstage.
Marty and Ger.
Christy's reply
The year flies past,time accelerating,
thankfully we are still able to climb the hill,
arriving at ballad lounges to find enthusiastic patrons
willing to egg us on, to cheer our efforts,
one or two appear to watch the gig thru hand held devices,
I sometimes feel like shouting
“hey you…we’re up here… in HD”
but of course its none of my business
for half my life I looked at and listened to everything
thru the foggy haze of alcohol and substance
Going to see Christy in London on May 25th. Originally from Donegal. Would really appreciate if Christy could play Beeswing due to the tragic events that took place in Donegal at the beginning of the year.
I am so excited to be fulfilling my longtime #1 bucket list item: seeing Christy in Ireland—July 6th in Cork. I’ll be traveling with my teenage granddaughter. We’re taking the trip my husband wanted to go on before he became ill and passed away in August of 2018. I’m hoping The Voyage is on the set list as it was his favorite song.
Christy's reply
Its on the set list now !
Hope you both have a lovely trip to Cork…
Second communication. Last time I referenced how I always caught fish while playing your music. Pleased to state we are returning to Ireland for 5 weeks.Absolutely thrilled we got last 2 tickets for Oct 4 concert. Because of artists such as yourself local community will receive 7 days of living expenses. I’ll be the bald headed old fart in unreserved area. Keep doing what you do so well.
Christy's reply
Sounds Good Tazz..
I’ll be the bald headed old fart up on the stage
Hi to all Vancouver Songsters
I still remember The Commodore
Amazing show last night in the clanree hotel. I thought the tribute to Lyra McKee was touching.
Could you tell me the name of that song?
Christy's reply
“Burning Times”….by Charlie Murphy….I have recorded 2 or 3 different versions…the current version will be released on the next album later this year….we captured a very good recording in The Waterfront, Belfast last week
Mr Moore, you blew us away last night! We came all the way from Canada to see you play. My husband’s uncle, Leo Puddester from Newfoundland introduced your music to him about 30 years ago and he’s been a fan ever since. Unfortunately Leo passed away last week which makes this trip even that more special. Looking forward to seeing you again tonight. Be sure to “Give us the one you got 6 months for” as Stephen’s uncle would say!!!!
Christy's reply
Dear Ms MacPhee,
Sorry read about the loss of “Uncle Leo”
Hope your visit goes well for you
Public Statement by John Halley, Advocate and Part Time Sheriff in Scotland
The Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry (“SCAI”) Selkirk, 3 May 2019.
I have been absent from work since 28 October 2016. On 10 October 2016, I was diagnosed with bowel cancer. On 31 October 2016, I underwent a right hemicolectomy in surgery lasting some 4 hours at Borders General Hospital, Scotland. Between 6 December 2016 and June 2017, I underwent 8 cycles of chemotherapy. I have been unable to return to work since then.
Prior to and after my diagnosis of cancer, I have held appointment as Lead Junior Counsel to the SCAI.
On 1 April 2019, I submitted a detailed “Note”, running to in excess of 17,500 words, on Child Trafficking Through Prostitution of Children in Care in Scotland to Lady Smith, Chair of the SCAI. By letter dated 25 April 2019, Julie-Anne Jamieson, SCAI Secretary, informed me that Lady Smith has decided that the Note is comprised of material that I ought not to have been working on. I refute that entirely. I was instructed and I did investigate and report. The Note sets out a summary of my remit, important facts, allegations, inferences and sources for investigation by the SCAI. It is clear to me that Lady Smith has decided that the SCAI will not investigate the material detailed in the Note.
Since 1 September 2016, I have had to suffer disability discrimination, harassment and victimisation by Lady Smith. I will deal with that in an application to the Employment Tribunal when I am well enough.
However, I will not be complicit in, nor tolerate, cover up and failure to report or to investigate systemic failures, including prosecution policy failures, which appear to have perpetrated injustice on vulnerable young people in care in Scotland. I will not permit the serious allegations, detailed in my Note, of past child exploitation, and failures to report suspicions of child exploitation, by lawyers, judges, public figures and others, to be ignored.
I have today reported my Note to Mr Graham Fraser, Procurator Fiscal for the Scottish Borders Area. I understand that the Procurator Fiscal will report the Note and its content directly to the Lord Advocate if, having considered its content, he is satisfied of the duty to do so. I have felt compelled to immediately report the Note to the Procurator Fiscal in the public interest.
However this is spun the facts remain.
In order to ensure necessary safeguarding of our children going forward, Scotland and our survivors of child abuse require the truth.
This statement constitutes a protected act within the meaning of section 27(2)(c) and (d) of the Equality Act 2010.
Christy's reply
Dear John,
Wishing you Good Health
Hoping your efforts to expose foul abuse gains support
on and on it goes,
and still the powerful close ranks
turn the blind eye with their smug righteousness
Good Evening Christy.
Just wondering if you have any upcoming tours that may bring you to Our neck of the woods, that is St.John’s, Newfoundland, Canada.
Regards
Trevor
Morra Trevor,
I wont be doing any more long haul gigs….I need to stick close to home for the remainder of the journey….only last week in Letterkenny,County Donegal I had 5 visitors from St.John’s sitting in the front row…. we all sang Sonny’s Dream together..I dedicated it to the memory of Ron Hines…
Christy, just checking to see if you have had a chance to check out the “awaiting moderation” response to the comment I put up recently. It came up when I posted the tunes of two ballads, ‘Belfast Born and Bred’ and ‘The Cause is Peace’ .
Just wondering were you able to hear the tunes and see the ballads? All the very best to you…..
can not understand your difficulty…..my moderator is absent just now….he is on a gondola in Venice
Dear Christy
I am so looking forward to your concert on 25th May at the Royal Festival Hall in London. I will be there with my sister and her husband but this one is extra special as we are taking my two children Molly (13) and Patrick (11) to see you for the first time!
Safe travels
Mo
Dear Mo,
Having younger listeners present always enhances the performance…I hope U5 have a good night…its my favourite London Venue
Dear Christy.
Re: Nobel Peace Prize Winning Campaign
I’d like to request your support for our Nobel Peace Prize winning campaign to rid the world of nuclear weapons.
The project is a bit like Live Aid but for nuclear disarmament and will culminate in an event called 80,000 Voices, the organisation is ICAN (the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear weapons). What I’ve been charged with doing at the moment is generating messages of support, so our question to you would be: Do you think the world would be a safer place if no country had nuclear weapons?
If so would you agree to your name and a press shot going up on our website? You’d be in good company, Herbie Hancock, Yoko Ono, Ai Weiwei, Four Tet, Trevor Nelson and Desmond Tutu have already said yes. Here’s a video which perhaps explains the whole thing better than me.
https://youtu.be/rT96vR3gE9M
For a PDF which explains everything please give me an email address.
Let me know if you’re happy for us to add your name to our list of supporters.
Best
Emily Wilfer.
Dear Emily, Please add my name…..Christy Moore
I know it well Christy. Thanks. You have been an inspiration for many years. We keep calling them to account. It must be done. John.
The Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing
Shame on you! shame, you’re the wolf in sheep’s clothing
Jimmy Savile, Tam Paton, our fear
Your name it is Legion, your number is many
And your danger is constant and near
It’s a tale, told of old, to our own little children
A tale told to warn and protect
It’s the tale, told of old, of the wolf in sheep’s clothing
Of the danger that’s hard to detect
Shame on you! shame, you’re the wolf in sheep’s clothing
You’re a predator, an abuser, a beast
And your modus is always beyond our suspicion
On the passive and helpless to feast
In trusted position we afterwards find you
A prominent place in our midst
You’re the priest, the policeman, the judge and the teacher
Disguises we rarely resist
We ignore tell-tale signs of your vicious indulgence
The rent boy ran away with your car
He’s a thief, you’re the victim, he’s in care for good reason
Exploitation’s a game you play hard
In your perverse pursuits you enlist others like you
Like a fierce lupine pack is your crew
By day you’re respectable, nobody doubts you
By night Jim’ll fix it for you
Your deceit knows no boundaries, you prey on the voiceless
Endearing yourself to their folks
While your evil intentions pursued single-minded
Your suggestive advances as jokes
We resolve to be vigilant, careful and cautious
Drafting protocol, rule and safeguard
But the one thing we need to make sure of is really
To see what’s in front of our eyes
So we hope that you finally will get the message
That in even the smallest of towns
We’ll be building in brick, straw is hardly sufficient
To ensure that our homes aren’t blown down
We will find you and stop you, you wolf in sheep’s clothing
Of your predatory nature, enough!
No matter your power, nor your position
No matter your huff and your puff
So be constant, on guard, for the wolf in sheep’s clothing
For he’s right there beside you each day
In position of trust, with access directly
To those he intends as his prey
© Halley 2019
Thanks for sharing John…
a song I sing betimes
Strange Ways.
There is a ring around the world
it ensnares the little ones
as these priests and bishops fall
innocence comes to an end
born of woman born thru pain
in the shadow of that man
you are in me I am in you
its not always easy to understand
bless me father I have sinned
god the father of all things
you’ve brought me everlasting shame
god works in strange ways
Strange ways, strange ways
god works in strange ways
“Christy’s reply
Dear John,
Wishing you Good Health
Hoping your efforts to expose foul abuse gains support
on and on it goes,
and still the powerful close ranks
turn the blind eye with their smug righteousness”
Thanks Christy. All it takes is for the vast majority of the “Ordinary Man” to keep the head down and not be pulled out of the comfort zone. “Only the very safe can talk about wrong and right”. In Scotland we have a government so adept at spin and cover up that, when an important matter such as this is raised, there is total media silence thereafter, as here. Closed down by a firm of political spin merchants who work day and night, at huge public expense, to do so. Those who challenge are invariably and inevitably “outed” on some trumped up, hyped up allegation which is repeated and spun, and spun and repeated. You have influence on a population I know and trust. I am grateful for kind words and encouragement. Thank you. John,
Just came across this, thought it a nice angle/sentiment, figured I’d share…
https://youtu.be/5e3h_kiQwGc
Thanks for sharing…great shots of “Auld Reekie “…..Windy Edinburgh Town
i am a great fan of your music i hope you will plan a few concerts in the netherlands in the future greetings auko
I hope so too..I have often enjoyed good hospitality in your country
Thanks for the two special gigs in L’kenny. …. just magical. Great spread of songs over the 2 nights. The “Band “are in some form just now. …. great to have been able to experience it all.
Thanks to all the gang ,onstage and backstage.
Marty and Ger.
The year flies past,time accelerating,
thankfully we are still able to climb the hill,
arriving at ballad lounges to find enthusiastic patrons
willing to egg us on, to cheer our efforts,
one or two appear to watch the gig thru hand held devices,
I sometimes feel like shouting
“hey you…we’re up here… in HD”
but of course its none of my business
for half my life I looked at and listened to everything
thru the foggy haze of alcohol and substance
great to see You and Ger both nights…
Thank You
Going to see Christy in London on May 25th. Originally from Donegal. Would really appreciate if Christy could play Beeswing due to the tragic events that took place in Donegal at the beginning of the year.
We’ll do our best Danny boy
I am so excited to be fulfilling my longtime #1 bucket list item: seeing Christy in Ireland—July 6th in Cork. I’ll be traveling with my teenage granddaughter. We’re taking the trip my husband wanted to go on before he became ill and passed away in August of 2018. I’m hoping The Voyage is on the set list as it was his favorite song.
Its on the set list now !
Hope you both have a lovely trip to Cork…
Second communication. Last time I referenced how I always caught fish while playing your music. Pleased to state we are returning to Ireland for 5 weeks.Absolutely thrilled we got last 2 tickets for Oct 4 concert. Because of artists such as yourself local community will receive 7 days of living expenses. I’ll be the bald headed old fart in unreserved area. Keep doing what you do so well.
Sounds Good Tazz..
I’ll be the bald headed old fart up on the stage
Hi to all Vancouver Songsters
I still remember The Commodore
Amazing show last night in the clanree hotel. I thought the tribute to Lyra McKee was touching.
Could you tell me the name of that song?
“Burning Times”….by Charlie Murphy….I have recorded 2 or 3 different versions…the current version will be released on the next album later this year….we captured a very good recording in The Waterfront, Belfast last week
When are the Glasgow dates going to be announced for this year?
wont be back til Spring 2020….we are allowed in but once every 18 months….I’d gladly go every Saturday
Mr Moore, you blew us away last night! We came all the way from Canada to see you play. My husband’s uncle, Leo Puddester from Newfoundland introduced your music to him about 30 years ago and he’s been a fan ever since. Unfortunately Leo passed away last week which makes this trip even that more special. Looking forward to seeing you again tonight. Be sure to “Give us the one you got 6 months for” as Stephen’s uncle would say!!!!
Dear Ms MacPhee,
Sorry read about the loss of “Uncle Leo”
Hope your visit goes well for you
At Christy’s invitation:-
Public Statement by John Halley, Advocate and Part Time Sheriff in Scotland
The Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry (“SCAI”) Selkirk, 3 May 2019.
I have been absent from work since 28 October 2016. On 10 October 2016, I was diagnosed with bowel cancer. On 31 October 2016, I underwent a right hemicolectomy in surgery lasting some 4 hours at Borders General Hospital, Scotland. Between 6 December 2016 and June 2017, I underwent 8 cycles of chemotherapy. I have been unable to return to work since then.
Prior to and after my diagnosis of cancer, I have held appointment as Lead Junior Counsel to the SCAI.
On 1 April 2019, I submitted a detailed “Note”, running to in excess of 17,500 words, on Child Trafficking Through Prostitution of Children in Care in Scotland to Lady Smith, Chair of the SCAI. By letter dated 25 April 2019, Julie-Anne Jamieson, SCAI Secretary, informed me that Lady Smith has decided that the Note is comprised of material that I ought not to have been working on. I refute that entirely. I was instructed and I did investigate and report. The Note sets out a summary of my remit, important facts, allegations, inferences and sources for investigation by the SCAI. It is clear to me that Lady Smith has decided that the SCAI will not investigate the material detailed in the Note.
Since 1 September 2016, I have had to suffer disability discrimination, harassment and victimisation by Lady Smith. I will deal with that in an application to the Employment Tribunal when I am well enough.
However, I will not be complicit in, nor tolerate, cover up and failure to report or to investigate systemic failures, including prosecution policy failures, which appear to have perpetrated injustice on vulnerable young people in care in Scotland. I will not permit the serious allegations, detailed in my Note, of past child exploitation, and failures to report suspicions of child exploitation, by lawyers, judges, public figures and others, to be ignored.
I have today reported my Note to Mr Graham Fraser, Procurator Fiscal for the Scottish Borders Area. I understand that the Procurator Fiscal will report the Note and its content directly to the Lord Advocate if, having considered its content, he is satisfied of the duty to do so. I have felt compelled to immediately report the Note to the Procurator Fiscal in the public interest.
However this is spun the facts remain.
In order to ensure necessary safeguarding of our children going forward, Scotland and our survivors of child abuse require the truth.
This statement constitutes a protected act within the meaning of section 27(2)(c) and (d) of the Equality Act 2010.
Dear John,
Wishing you Good Health
Hoping your efforts to expose foul abuse gains support
on and on it goes,
and still the powerful close ranks
turn the blind eye with their smug righteousness
Duets….. there was the spot with Daniel (a late late show ?) when ye sang …
“oh then fare thee well sweet Donegal , the Rosses and Gweedore……”
you’re hittin the sweet spot there Marty
‘Morecambe Bay’ in fact
I’ve been to many of your gigs over the years. Last night in the Clanree was as good as I’ve ever seen you. Thank you for Morcombe Bay.
twas a noble call