Hi Christy, lovely article in the Irish News about artist Colin Davidson’s painting of you and his ‘rare connection’ with singer Moore. it’s a wonderful painting and I hope you enjoyed the sitting. le grá Mary
Christy's reply
sitting and talking with Colin was special experience…..we travelled to Belfast a few years back to see his “Silent Testimony” portraits…its always enthralling to witness the mystery of art…the laying of paint, the hewing of stone, try and see the TG4 programme on the poet Maire McEntee ‘Deargdhúil: Dánta Mháire Mhac an tSao…her poetry is mesmerising beautiful and is accompanied by the most wonderful performance art of Dance that I have ever witnessed by Maureen Fleming…..sending best wishes to you and all yours upon Bog Meadow
ps every now and then I sense deep loss not having maintained my native tongue…never more so then watching this wonderful film
…TG4 deserve great credit for their wonderful programming….tonight sees the final episode of the ” Mo Mhathair” series …it features Alice McIlwee, Mother of Young Tom
Hello Christy,
We watched the Planxty 2004 dvd. Little Musgrave is a gorgeous song.
I hadn’t seen Liam O’Flynn play before, only listened. I understood what you said about the music flowing through him. He was like air. He took me right back to the top of the Conor Pass, looking down towards the sea.
Rebecca
Christy's reply
these precious gifts of sight and hearing…
seeing the Conor Pass, hearing Liam,…
then freewheel into Dingle, smell the chowder, cherish the taste…..
Dear Christy,
Here are a couple of random thoughts, not sure why i think anyone will be in the slightest interested but here goes.
I read a wee piece in the Irish Field about those two fantastic sisters, jean and angela farrell, from the liberties, who greet all of us racegoers at every course you ever visit from Roscommon to Naas, Clonmel to Galway. Always cheerie, on the way in it’s the lucky pen and racecard, on the way out the bag of fruit or those marvellous toblerones. They are more of a standing dish at the irish courses than a mullins winner . No races for them to sell their wares, i hope that changes soon, but 2 racing songs for them, the ballad of derby day or soddom and begorra.
Then there is the plan of my pal and i, tomorrow the 6th April, to see the sun rise over Arbroath Abbey, exactly 700 years to the day that the declaration was signed…as long as but a hundred of us remain alive…..ach the virus has scotched that plan but we will be there in spirit. So here are 2 scots connected songs , Black is the Colour and Bogie’s Bonnie Belle.
Shall have a wee, echoing, sing of those 4 tunes tonight in the bunker, after my beans.
Regards
Rory
Christy's reply
“race cards,race cards,
get yizzer race cards”
“apples oranges pears and bananas”
“anyone for the last few choc ices”
in 1992 I was invited to play at The Scottish Fleadh on Glasgow Green….in the weeks preceding I decided to learn a Scottish song I’d heard The Corries sing…after many days and nights learfning and rehearsing I had it ready to roll…upon arriving in Scotland I called my good companero Owen Hand in Edinburgh…I mentiioned that I had a Scottish Song prepared for the evenings performace….when I told him which song he advised against it and I took heed and never sang the song again…
Back in 1967 (or 8) I played for a week with The Corries at The Edinburgh Festival..They played every year for the duration of the Festival with different guests each week….I shared the supporting bill with Paco Pena and Spencer Davis….It was a daunting task for me….I sang 3 songs each night….”The Ballad of James Larkin”, The Spainish Lady” and ” Come By The Hill”
Hi Christy, Hilary sent me a link for a gig in Ennis. The pipers Mick O Brien and Colm Broderick a very talented young man in his 20’s who has a set of Liam Ogs pipes and It brought back to mind the song I wrote on the passing of the great master, that I would like to share with your guestbook.
Hope that’s OK
Keep Safe an Well.
With kindest regards.
John
A Tribute to Liam Og O Flynn
A Piper Passing (John Gibbs)
How sweetly the pipes call
Enchanting
How holy the calling
The sound
A star in the sky
On its way passing by
Left me lonely
Upon a cold ground
How softly it sailed
Our encounter
The music the song
And the spell
I might just have dreamed
For as strange as it seemed
I don’t mind
I remember it well
The touch of his fingers
So lightly
The reeds surely happy to be
The sweet haunting sound
Wrapped in velvet and bound
Like a wave
Rolling in from the sea
The music was winding
And flowing
The piper was humming
Along
The ghost and the gown
And the deep haunting sound
Filled the room with sweet music
And song
The Bridge and the Foxchase
The Rambler
The Blackwell’s
And Slieve Guillion Brae
The Gold Ring and Gown
And the sweet haunting sound
Flowed like honey
So sweetly he played
The flames and the shadows
Were dancing
A reel up and down
On the wall
The last tune came in
Like a whisper began
To start fading
And then it was gone
He laid his pipes out
On the table
And said ” thank you kindly
My friend ”
The candle light leaving
The embers receding
Would be nice to meet up
Once again
How softly it sailed
Our encounter
The music the song
And the spell
I might just have dreamed
For as strange as it seemed
I don’t mind
I remember it well
I don’t mind
I remember it well
I don’t mind
I remember it well
Christy's reply
Thank You John…..you listened closely and described him well
Thinking of the gigs we would have had in Letterkenny this weekend and sorry for their loss but we’ll have other days along the road. Stay sage Christy and hopefully we will be through this all soon.
It’s full flight… I got 3 months clean from no contact. Before…
Fellowship, friend or fan has ****ed up my own head.. (all my own doing)…
John Smith told me “blaze your Traíl”
Wish I’d a listened to him… That’s me done now…
(this my mudders email as it wouldn’t work on my own)
On a trip to a supermarket on the Andersonstown Road I was glad, but not surprised to see NHS in bold white letters on the Black Mountain’s hatchet field …Rosalita and Jack would be real proud. When this passes there will be a bowl of Belfast chowder, sa Cultúrlann with your name and all who visits these shores on it. Idir an dá linn keep safe le grá Mary
Polly Samson and husband,David Gilmour have an interesting project…info on their respective websites…PS has written a book ,based on Hydra/Leonard Cohen era-just published.
The book was due to be launched via a mini tour,featuring extracts,chat and music by DG…all dates cancelled,but they filmed a launch event …and its well worth a watch/listen…
Always enjoy your take on ‘Crazy Diamond’…took me by surprise when you covered it-but it works brilliantly…
all the best
Dave
Christy's reply
we were working on this great song,preparing to re-introduce it to the set….I was hoping to sing it in Barrowland but Mother Earth put a stop to that gallop….its always a joy to hear Dave Gilmour’s unique sound,the tone he sets, the notes squeezed from the frets….good man DaGraB…keep the good stuff coming
Hello Christy – so sad to see the world going , like this – so sad to see so many lost to the reality of it all , standing on the abyss – sure were not even left share our music anymore if it speaks the truth……. here man , this will make u laugh – this ever happen to ya man https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4W2KVvD1hI
Christy's reply
wrong key,wrong melody, wrong rhythm…….I know the feeling
Hope you and yours are all in good health.
Difficult and sad times for a lot of people. Unbelievable efforts by all in health care. A health crisis sweeping around the world with an enormous effect on people en societies. Combined with feelings of solidarity.
Last night I watched John Spillane singing his beautiful songs (old and new) via live streaming from his home in Passage West.
Last week my good friend Margot invited me to sing a song at home. I made the video and she sang with me at her home on the other side of Amsterdam. Don’t know how she does that but with her creativity it worked.
Would be just great if you’d give it a chance of a live streaming or duet at a distance with Declan.
The music keeps the spirits high
John
Christy's reply
Thanks John..thats a lovely version of Jimmy Mac’s creation…
I dont have the wherewithal to duet in such a manner…I’m way behind the pack when it comes to even the simplest of computer tasking…
I salute all front line workers who are keeping the world in motion…may we never again take their vital labour for granted
Yep …. all roads should have been leading to Letterkenny for this weekend.
……may not have been brack but there would have been a batch of scones on the go about now !!
Nice evenings music from John Spillane yesterday evening ….from Sitting Room to Sitting Room….. great way to pass a long evening.
Hope all good in your neck of the woods. We look forward to the turning of the tide.
Natives would’ve been perfect.
Hi Christy,
Just a quick shout out to ask how are you keeping in these trying times. Only for your Barrow land and live in Dublin DVD’s we’d be gone cracked.Also playing the Planxty DVD.
I remember travelling to Ennis to see ye during ye’re reunion.
Anyway, regards from the golden vale and we look forward to seeing and hearing you when all this shit passes. Take care and stay safe. Regards John & Eileen.
Christy's reply
“As I wandered abroad by Kilsheelan
Where the river meanders on down
To my left lay the Comeragh Mountains
To the right of me sweet Sliabh na mBan
Where the fishermen cast on the waters
Where the apples are pressed into wine
Where the herd returns slowly to pasture
Through the fields that surround Ballydine”
(from Ballydine)
“I’ll bid Farewell to Old Clonmel to that Vale of the Honey Bee
to the Homesteads of Tipperary that oft times sheltered me
and to that Flying Column,prepared to fight and to die
May their cause be ne’er forgotten sang The Galtee Mountain Boy”
(from G.M.B.)
Hello Christy and All,
A while ago my husband decided he wanted to learn the Uilleann pipes. Recently he’s done something serious about It , found a teacher and ordered a practice set from Brian Bigley. While he’s waiting for them he’s working on a thing like a vacuum cleaner without electricity. I’ve got this picture in my head. It’s the first page from a Step by step guide to learning the pipes. Step one, first catch your pipes. There’s a picture of a carefree set of pipes cantering round a field.
Rebecca
Christy's reply
“theres a guy in the back room wrestling with an octopus. the octopus seems to be winning”
7 years learning, 7 years practicing, 7 years to master…..
We wish Steve well upon his quest….the rewards can be life enhancing
ps its a real dope who gets a key word wrong…’dopamine’ is the x factor in the brain,as per my previous rambling and spelling error…caffeine needed for mine!! D
Groundhog day may be looming,but the good folks manning Woody Guthroe’s website have unearthed a gem to raise the spirits…’Your smile cured me’…first up on http://www.woodyguthrie.org .Classic Woody back story too…what a guy-and his legacy is in good hands with family still very active…
Great point by Frankie-riffing on the sad songs…’dopemine’ is the magic brain zapper,apparently.Possibly not what my parents had in mind when they figured I was a ‘dope’ with music taking priority over school work ,but there may be a link..Gretchen Peters has mulled over the topic in articles and had a t shirt on her merch list-‘sad songs make me happy’…and.they do…
so,that’s Mr Cohen dominating today’s playlist in the bunker!
keep well
Dave
Christy's reply
Hey Dave,
still here in the scratcher
gotta stop procrastinating,get up and draw them curtains
thanks for that Woody song of gratitude
let us all give thanks to those heroes who keep the wheels a turning
its a blessing that Woody’s archive is so well tended
its not always the case….
recently I made a list of all singers and players I encountered in Suffragette City…
Hi there maestro
Dipping toes after a while. Life and all that. Can’t get Mandolin Mountain out of my head and if I’ve got it right it’s a 2 chord wonder ( at least it is now ) good to read the posts about Dylan’s new masterpiece. Nailed it again. I’m still always drawn to the ballads. I’ve heard many a shout out at a get together of ‘Frankie, don’t be playing any of your suicide FM shite’. My view is however, that the ballads and ‘sad songs’ help us to recognise our basic humanity and empathy to others. Anyway, enough of that. Keep on keeping on. Get back on the road soon we’re missing ya
God Bless. Frankie
Christy's reply
I’m with you here Frankie…we need love songs,witty ditties,rebel rousers, singalongs,lemonade and allsorts…but most of all….
“Away Away You Broken Heart
Leave my breast like a hollow cave
Stand me somewhere near the Ocean
I will wait there,Wave after Wave.”………..(Phil Stewart)
“I Pity the Poor Immigrant
who tramples thru the mud
who fills his mouth with laughin,
builds his town with blood
who’s vision in the final end
must shatter like a glass
I pity the Poor Immigrant
when his gladness comes to pass”……. (Himself)
“I dreamt I stooped and kissed her
as in the days of yore
she said Johnny youre only jokin
as manys the time before
the cock crew in the morning
crew both loud and shrill
and I woke in California
many miles from Spancilhill”……..( Michael Considine)
Hi Christy, lovely article in the Irish News about artist Colin Davidson’s painting of you and his ‘rare connection’ with singer Moore. it’s a wonderful painting and I hope you enjoyed the sitting. le grá Mary
sitting and talking with Colin was special experience…..we travelled to Belfast a few years back to see his “Silent Testimony” portraits…its always enthralling to witness the mystery of art…the laying of paint, the hewing of stone, try and see the TG4 programme on the poet Maire McEntee ‘Deargdhúil: Dánta Mháire Mhac an tSao…her poetry is mesmerising beautiful and is accompanied by the most wonderful performance art of Dance that I have ever witnessed by Maureen Fleming…..sending best wishes to you and all yours upon Bog Meadow
ps every now and then I sense deep loss not having maintained my native tongue…never more so then watching this wonderful film
…TG4 deserve great credit for their wonderful programming….tonight sees the final episode of the ” Mo Mhathair” series …it features Alice McIlwee, Mother of Young Tom
Hello Christy,
We watched the Planxty 2004 dvd. Little Musgrave is a gorgeous song.
I hadn’t seen Liam O’Flynn play before, only listened. I understood what you said about the music flowing through him. He was like air. He took me right back to the top of the Conor Pass, looking down towards the sea.
Rebecca
these precious gifts of sight and hearing…
seeing the Conor Pass, hearing Liam,…
then freewheel into Dingle, smell the chowder, cherish the taste…..
Dear Christy,
Here are a couple of random thoughts, not sure why i think anyone will be in the slightest interested but here goes.
I read a wee piece in the Irish Field about those two fantastic sisters, jean and angela farrell, from the liberties, who greet all of us racegoers at every course you ever visit from Roscommon to Naas, Clonmel to Galway. Always cheerie, on the way in it’s the lucky pen and racecard, on the way out the bag of fruit or those marvellous toblerones. They are more of a standing dish at the irish courses than a mullins winner . No races for them to sell their wares, i hope that changes soon, but 2 racing songs for them, the ballad of derby day or soddom and begorra.
Then there is the plan of my pal and i, tomorrow the 6th April, to see the sun rise over Arbroath Abbey, exactly 700 years to the day that the declaration was signed…as long as but a hundred of us remain alive…..ach the virus has scotched that plan but we will be there in spirit. So here are 2 scots connected songs , Black is the Colour and Bogie’s Bonnie Belle.
Shall have a wee, echoing, sing of those 4 tunes tonight in the bunker, after my beans.
Regards
Rory
“race cards,race cards,
get yizzer race cards”
“apples oranges pears and bananas”
“anyone for the last few choc ices”
in 1992 I was invited to play at The Scottish Fleadh on Glasgow Green….in the weeks preceding I decided to learn a Scottish song I’d heard The Corries sing…after many days and nights learfning and rehearsing I had it ready to roll…upon arriving in Scotland I called my good companero Owen Hand in Edinburgh…I mentiioned that I had a Scottish Song prepared for the evenings performace….when I told him which song he advised against it and I took heed and never sang the song again…
Back in 1967 (or 8) I played for a week with The Corries at The Edinburgh Festival..They played every year for the duration of the Festival with different guests each week….I shared the supporting bill with Paco Pena and Spencer Davis….It was a daunting task for me….I sang 3 songs each night….”The Ballad of James Larkin”, The Spainish Lady” and ” Come By The Hill”
Hi Christy, Hilary sent me a link for a gig in Ennis. The pipers Mick O Brien and Colm Broderick a very talented young man in his 20’s who has a set of Liam Ogs pipes and It brought back to mind the song I wrote on the passing of the great master, that I would like to share with your guestbook.
Hope that’s OK
Keep Safe an Well.
With kindest regards.
John
A Tribute to Liam Og O Flynn
A Piper Passing (John Gibbs)
How sweetly the pipes call
Enchanting
How holy the calling
The sound
A star in the sky
On its way passing by
Left me lonely
Upon a cold ground
How softly it sailed
Our encounter
The music the song
And the spell
I might just have dreamed
For as strange as it seemed
I don’t mind
I remember it well
The touch of his fingers
So lightly
The reeds surely happy to be
The sweet haunting sound
Wrapped in velvet and bound
Like a wave
Rolling in from the sea
The music was winding
And flowing
The piper was humming
Along
The ghost and the gown
And the deep haunting sound
Filled the room with sweet music
And song
The Bridge and the Foxchase
The Rambler
The Blackwell’s
And Slieve Guillion Brae
The Gold Ring and Gown
And the sweet haunting sound
Flowed like honey
So sweetly he played
The flames and the shadows
Were dancing
A reel up and down
On the wall
The last tune came in
Like a whisper began
To start fading
And then it was gone
He laid his pipes out
On the table
And said ” thank you kindly
My friend ”
The candle light leaving
The embers receding
Would be nice to meet up
Once again
How softly it sailed
Our encounter
The music the song
And the spell
I might just have dreamed
For as strange as it seemed
I don’t mind
I remember it well
I don’t mind
I remember it well
I don’t mind
I remember it well
Thank You John…..you listened closely and described him well
Thinking of the gigs we would have had in Letterkenny this weekend and sorry for their loss but we’ll have other days along the road. Stay sage Christy and hopefully we will be through this all soon.
keep coming back John..better days ahead
It’s full flight… I got 3 months clean from no contact. Before…
Fellowship, friend or fan has ****ed up my own head.. (all my own doing)…
John Smith told me “blaze your Traíl”
Wish I’d a listened to him… That’s me done now…
(this my mudders email as it wouldn’t work on my own)
One Day at a Time is all we got
On a trip to a supermarket on the Andersonstown Road I was glad, but not surprised to see NHS in bold white letters on the Black Mountain’s hatchet field …Rosalita and Jack would be real proud. When this passes there will be a bowl of Belfast chowder, sa Cultúrlann with your name and all who visits these shores on it. Idir an dá linn keep safe le grá Mary
and I’ll be there to relish it Mary…le cónamh Dé
Hi Christy
Polly Samson and husband,David Gilmour have an interesting project…info on their respective websites…PS has written a book ,based on Hydra/Leonard Cohen era-just published.
The book was due to be launched via a mini tour,featuring extracts,chat and music by DG…all dates cancelled,but they filmed a launch event …and its well worth a watch/listen…
Always enjoy your take on ‘Crazy Diamond’…took me by surprise when you covered it-but it works brilliantly…
all the best
Dave
we were working on this great song,preparing to re-introduce it to the set….I was hoping to sing it in Barrowland but Mother Earth put a stop to that gallop….its always a joy to hear Dave Gilmour’s unique sound,the tone he sets, the notes squeezed from the frets….good man DaGraB…keep the good stuff coming
Hello Christy – so sad to see the world going , like this – so sad to see so many lost to the reality of it all , standing on the abyss – sure were not even left share our music anymore if it speaks the truth……. here man , this will make u laugh – this ever happen to ya man https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4W2KVvD1hI
wrong key,wrong melody, wrong rhythm…….I know the feeling
On Sunday September 5th 1926 the town of Dromcollogher in West Limerick was the scene of a horrible tragedy which took the lives of 48 people. A temporary Cinema caught fire when a candle ignited a reel of film.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dN-qC6L_09o&fbclid=IwAR3QmHtJn1MUmAMNzLEJaudjug24WfbgtEqKaDSx-174HhlEd1q6OvQSHmc
Paul Dunworth is a great singer..thanks for sharing
Dear Christy
Hope you and yours are all in good health.
Difficult and sad times for a lot of people. Unbelievable efforts by all in health care. A health crisis sweeping around the world with an enormous effect on people en societies. Combined with feelings of solidarity.
Last night I watched John Spillane singing his beautiful songs (old and new) via live streaming from his home in Passage West.
Last week my good friend Margot invited me to sing a song at home. I made the video and she sang with me at her home on the other side of Amsterdam. Don’t know how she does that but with her creativity it worked.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1JEr7wDykA
Would be just great if you’d give it a chance of a live streaming or duet at a distance with Declan.
The music keeps the spirits high
John
Thanks John..thats a lovely version of Jimmy Mac’s creation…
I dont have the wherewithal to duet in such a manner…I’m way behind the pack when it comes to even the simplest of computer tasking…
I salute all front line workers who are keeping the world in motion…may we never again take their vital labour for granted
Yep …. all roads should have been leading to Letterkenny for this weekend.
……may not have been brack but there would have been a batch of scones on the go about now !!
Nice evenings music from John Spillane yesterday evening ….from Sitting Room to Sitting Room….. great way to pass a long evening.
Hope all good in your neck of the woods. We look forward to the turning of the tide.
Natives would’ve been perfect.
Dreaming of The Hills of Donegal
Me too Christy, don’t forget the slice of Brack.
Thankfully your music and Hilary’s skills keep the mind afloat.
Rory
Hi Christy,
Just a quick shout out to ask how are you keeping in these trying times. Only for your Barrow land and live in Dublin DVD’s we’d be gone cracked.Also playing the Planxty DVD.
I remember travelling to Ennis to see ye during ye’re reunion.
Anyway, regards from the golden vale and we look forward to seeing and hearing you when all this shit passes. Take care and stay safe. Regards John & Eileen.
“As I wandered abroad by Kilsheelan
Where the river meanders on down
To my left lay the Comeragh Mountains
To the right of me sweet Sliabh na mBan
Where the fishermen cast on the waters
Where the apples are pressed into wine
Where the herd returns slowly to pasture
Through the fields that surround Ballydine”
(from Ballydine)
“I’ll bid Farewell to Old Clonmel to that Vale of the Honey Bee
to the Homesteads of Tipperary that oft times sheltered me
and to that Flying Column,prepared to fight and to die
May their cause be ne’er forgotten sang The Galtee Mountain Boy”
(from G.M.B.)
Steve is a huge fan of Liam. 😊
Hello Christy and All,
A while ago my husband decided he wanted to learn the Uilleann pipes. Recently he’s done something serious about It , found a teacher and ordered a practice set from Brian Bigley. While he’s waiting for them he’s working on a thing like a vacuum cleaner without electricity. I’ve got this picture in my head. It’s the first page from a Step by step guide to learning the pipes. Step one, first catch your pipes. There’s a picture of a carefree set of pipes cantering round a field.
Rebecca
“theres a guy in the back room wrestling with an octopus. the octopus seems to be winning”
7 years learning, 7 years practicing, 7 years to master…..
We wish Steve well upon his quest….the rewards can be life enhancing
ps its a real dope who gets a key word wrong…’dopamine’ is the x factor in the brain,as per my previous rambling and spelling error…caffeine needed for mine!! D
it cud happin to an biship
Mornin’ Christy
Groundhog day may be looming,but the good folks manning Woody Guthroe’s website have unearthed a gem to raise the spirits…’Your smile cured me’…first up on http://www.woodyguthrie.org .Classic Woody back story too…what a guy-and his legacy is in good hands with family still very active…
Great point by Frankie-riffing on the sad songs…’dopemine’ is the magic brain zapper,apparently.Possibly not what my parents had in mind when they figured I was a ‘dope’ with music taking priority over school work ,but there may be a link..Gretchen Peters has mulled over the topic in articles and had a t shirt on her merch list-‘sad songs make me happy’…and.they do…
so,that’s Mr Cohen dominating today’s playlist in the bunker!
keep well
Dave
Hey Dave,
still here in the scratcher
gotta stop procrastinating,get up and draw them curtains
thanks for that Woody song of gratitude
let us all give thanks to those heroes who keep the wheels a turning
its a blessing that Woody’s archive is so well tended
its not always the case….
recently I made a list of all singers and players I encountered in Suffragette City…
Hi there maestro
Dipping toes after a while. Life and all that. Can’t get Mandolin Mountain out of my head and if I’ve got it right it’s a 2 chord wonder ( at least it is now ) good to read the posts about Dylan’s new masterpiece. Nailed it again. I’m still always drawn to the ballads. I’ve heard many a shout out at a get together of ‘Frankie, don’t be playing any of your suicide FM shite’. My view is however, that the ballads and ‘sad songs’ help us to recognise our basic humanity and empathy to others. Anyway, enough of that. Keep on keeping on. Get back on the road soon we’re missing ya
God Bless. Frankie
I’m with you here Frankie…we need love songs,witty ditties,rebel rousers, singalongs,lemonade and allsorts…but most of all….
“Away Away You Broken Heart
Leave my breast like a hollow cave
Stand me somewhere near the Ocean
I will wait there,Wave after Wave.”………..(Phil Stewart)
“I Pity the Poor Immigrant
who tramples thru the mud
who fills his mouth with laughin,
builds his town with blood
who’s vision in the final end
must shatter like a glass
I pity the Poor Immigrant
when his gladness comes to pass”……. (Himself)
“I dreamt I stooped and kissed her
as in the days of yore
she said Johnny youre only jokin
as manys the time before
the cock crew in the morning
crew both loud and shrill
and I woke in California
many miles from Spancilhill”……..( Michael Considine)
I was at all the Athlone gigs. One more Bowman programme on LIam, so sad and evocative to hear his great music.
and we’re still here, Thanks Be….hopefully beimíd le céile arís thar nais in Átha Luan ag déanamh ceol