Lumiere, Damien Dempsey – The West’s Awake, Live @NCH

The West’s Awake

Lumiere

When all beside a vigil keep,
The West’s asleep, the West’s asleep –
Alas! and well may Erin weep
When Connacht lies in slumber deep.
There lake and plain smile fair and free,
‘Mid rocks their guardian chivalry.
Sing, Oh! let man learn liberty
From crashing wind and lashing sea.

That chainless wave and lovely land
Freedom and nationhood demand;
Be sure the great God never planned
For slumb’ring slaves a home so grand.
And long a brave and haughty race
Honoured and sentinelled the place.
Sing, Oh! not even their sons’ disgrace
Can quite destroy their glory’s trace.

For often, in O’Connor’s van,
To triumph dashed each Connacht clan.
And fleet as deer the Normans ran
Thro’ Corrsliabh Pass and Ardrahan;
And later times saw deeds as brave,
And glory guards Clanricard’s grave,
Sing, Oh! they died their land to save
At Aughrim’s slopes and Shannon’s wave.

And if, when all a vigil keep,
The West’s asleep! the West’s asleep!
Alas! and well may Erin weep
That Connacht lies in s1umber deep.
But, hark! a voice like thunder spake,
The West’s awake! the West’s awake!
Sing, Oh! hurrah! let England quake,
We’ll watch till death for Erin’s sake

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July 30, 2022July 30, 2022

Sharon Shannon- Blackbird (A Woman’s Heart)

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Published on Mar 24, 2009

Sharon Shannon,born in Corofin, County Clare is an Irish musician. She is best known for her work with the accordion and for her fiddle technique. She also plays the tin whistle and melodeon. Here is one of my favorite Sharon Shannon songs, Blackbird http://www.daisydiscs.com/ss/ DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN ANY OF THE FOOTAGE OR MUSIC USED FOR MY VIDEOS. THEY ARE MADE FOR ENTERTAINMENT, NOT PROFIT

July 27, 2022

Maura O’Connell, Bright Blue Rose

The Bright Blue Rose

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Published on Jan 18, 2015

Provided to YouTube by Universal Music Group The Bright Blue Rose · Maura O’Connell Naked With Friends ℗ 2009 Sugar Hill Records, A Welk Music Group Company Released on: 2009-01-01 Composer: Jimmy McCarthy Auto-generated by YouTube.

Bright Blue Rose

I skimmed across black water, without once submerging
Onto the banks of an urban morning
That hungers the first light, much much more
Than mountains ever do.
And she like a ghost beside me goes down with the ease of a dolphin
And emerges unlearned, unscathed, unharmed.
For she is the perfect creature, natural in every feature
And I am the geek with the alchemists stone.
For all of you who must discover, for all who seek to understand

For having left the path of others, you find a very special hand

And it is a holy thing, and it is a precious time
And it is the only way
Forget-me-nots among the snow, it’s always been and so it goes
To ponder his death and his life eternally
For all of you who must discover, for all who seek to understand

For having left the path of others, you find a very special hand

And it is a holy thing, and it is a precious time
And it is the only way
Forget-me-nots among the snow, it’s always been and so it goes
To ponder his death and his life eternally
One bright blue rose outlives all those
Two thousand years and still it goes
To ponder his death and his life eternally

Source: Musixmatch

Songwriters: Maccarthy James

Bright Blue Rose lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Ltd., Universal Music Publishing Int. Ltd.

July 23, 2022

Cavan Girl – The High Kings – Video of Ireland

July 21, 2022July 21, 2022

The Chieftains, Imelda May. Carolina Rua. Reel – The Ladies Pantalettes

Carolina Rua / Reel – The Ladies Pantalettes

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•Jul 28, 2018

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The Chieftains – Topic

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Provided to YouTube by Universal Music Group Carolina Rua / Reel – The Ladies Pantalettes · The Chieftains · Imelda May

Stories never end ’til you come to conclusions:
Carolina ruadh has a hand in my confusion.
Waits for me to choose which quarter to bend in.
To susie-make-me-blue, or the redhead I’m attending.
Oh carolina ruadh has my heart and all I want to do’s
Go down the windy road where my carolina goes:
Down the crooked road where carolina goes to school
Mo charolina ruadh, do you love me?
Tell me true, tell me……
Standing on three queens, thought the game was over.
Then, from the blue, carolina’s at my shoulder:
Laughter in her eyes and a smile
That touches all the guys
On down the crooked road where carolina goes to school
–mo charolina ruadh, do you love me?
Tell me true, tell me..

July 16, 2022

Mary Black – Song for Ireland

Song for Ireland

The Dubliners

Walking all the day
By all towers where falcons build their nests
In silver wings they fly,
For they know the call for freedom in their breasts,
We saw Black Head against the sky
With craggy rocks that run down to the sea
When living on your western shore,
Saw summer sun set, I asked for more,
I stood by your Atlantic Sea,
And sang a song for Ireland

Drinking all the day,
In old pubs where fiddlers love to play,
Saw one take the bow,
To play a reel that was so grand and gay,
I stood on Dingle beach and cast,
In the wild foam for the Atlantic bass,
When living on your western shore,
Saw the summer sunset, I asked form more,
I stood by your Atlantic Sea,
And sang a song for Ireland

Laughing all the day,
With true friends who try to make you stay,
Telling jokes and news,
And singing songs to pass the night away,
We watched the Galway salmon run,
Like silver dancing, darting in the sun,
When living on your western shore,
Saw the summer sunset, I asked form more,
I stood by your Atlantic Sea,
And sang a song for Ireland

Dreaming in the night,
I saw a land where no-man had to fight,
And waking in your dawn,
I saw you crying in the morning light,
When lying where the falcons fly,
They twist and turn all in your air-blue sky,
When living on your western shore,
Saw the summer sunset, I asked no more,
I stood by your Atlantic sea,
And sang a song for Ireland

Source: Musixmatch

Songwriters: John Loesberg / Phil Colclough

Song for Ireland lyrics © Bucks Music Group Limited

July 9, 2022July 9, 2022