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Rosemary McArdle & Patrick McArdle - Song For Ireland

from The People Have Songs - Volume 2 by Various Artists

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Being from ‘over there’ at times we are attacked by bouts of flashback and mellowness for the missing of it. This song bounces off a lot of the characteristics, the hopes, the traditions that go to make up the island of Ireland. Hope you feel that stuff too in the singing of the song. - Patrick & Rosemary McArdle.

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Walking all the day
By tall towers where falcons build their nests
Silver-winged they fly
They know the call of freedom in their breasts
Saw Black Head against the sky
Where twisted rocks run down to the sea

Living on your western shore
Saw summer sunsets, 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 touch the bow
He played a reel which seemed so grand and gay
We stood on Dingle Beach and cast
In wild foam we found Atlantic bass

Talking all the day
With true friends who try to make you stay
Telling jokes and news
And singing songs to pass the time away
Watched the Galway salmon run
Like silver dancing, darting in the sun

Dreaming in the night
I saw a land where no-one had to fight
Waking in your dawn
I saw you crying in the morning light
Lying where the falcons fly
They twist and turn all in your e’er blue sky

credits

from The People Have Songs - Volume 2, released August 14, 2020
by Phil & June Colclough
sung by Rosemary McArdle, guitar by Patrick McArdle

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Miguel’s a versatile singer, choral director & composer. His interests include folk & world music, political satire, the environment, trade unionism & the responsible enjoyment of alcohol. His songwriting embraces themes like peace & justice, the family cat, & visceral passionate attraction. His enthusiasm for recording community singing has let many people share the power of their songs. ... more

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