Kevin Barry, Glasgow Concert hall 2014 April 13h Also done 2 nights before at Barrowlands
Christy's reply
Fair play 2 U Adam…..quick as a flash….
all good up here County Cavan…its a soft evening as the listeners gather… a few overseas 4711ers in tonight and long hauliers from as far away as Sligo, Castlewellan, Tralee, The Glenties and Ballymagash… all descending upon Sean’s Palace of Chandeliers…..I’m just having the final touches put to my hair and make up…I hear that Rod Stewart had 4 costume changes the other night in Cork and 5 backing Vocalists…. expect changes to this gig in the near future…hope all well in Wicklow this glorious damp Summer’s evening…Shine On Adam
Hi Christopher,
Thank you for that correction. A great song all the more. Yes, good advice.
Keep sending out the good vibes.
Christy's reply
no one has called me Christopher since our Mother died in 1992….I’d almost forgotten my full name….I’m very happy with the abbreviated name except when its spelt with an ie
It’s quiet and cool here this morning.
Green with birdsong.
There’s a mock orange tree 50 yards away. Its perfume is coming in through the door.
There’s a gentle rumble in the distance.
The pub’s air conditioning, traffic and thunder. https://youtu.be/uRk8DW9y43c
Christy's reply
never saw that before…I love the song….I’ve no idea where or when it was recorded …any clues ?
“Dear Lady Astor, you think you know a lot standing on the platform talking Tommy rot. You’re England’s sweetheart and her pride, we think your mouth is too bloody wide. That’s from the D-Day Dodgers who died in Italy.” The Clancys sang a version of this English song concerning the rulers’ attitude toward the brave men who fought the Nazis in Italy.
We now live in a Prosumer totalitarian society: produce to consume and consume to produce. Truth-tellers are not tolerated on this side of the pond. I want to get out of this living Hell. Any ideas, Christy?
Time is running out ..Hugs.
Christy's reply
A Scottish song..I think it was written by Hamish Henderson…..we gotta make the best of whatever time is left
Hi Christy,
Kevin Barry, brave, selfless, immortalised in song like so many other significant Irish men and women…..he proudly held his head up high. It is a real favourite at the Barras.
The Galtee Mountain Boy, the people’s MP, Tamlaghtduff……The Spirit of Freedom is a good starting point, fine, stirring album.
Rory
Christy's reply
Jesus Christ & Jesse James was written by the late Brian Moore and featured on the first album from The Men of No Property
Hope all is well . I belive the marque gig was u real.. sorry i missed it.. been away in manchester for a few days passed by the bridge water hall memories of some great gigs. on the way back to dublin via holyhead this afternoon on the swift. I have bruce, christy , pecker dune . Never listed to him before but some good songs portlaoise gail and a few others .. also lazares soul are some band their song lemon sevens is a fine tune .. white buffalo and the dead south two other bands i have found myself listing two that are well worth a listen … hope to see you in vic street in a few weeks …
Christy's reply
All good so far today Adam…got the porridge, I’m packing the bag for tonight’s gig in the Slieve Russell in Co Cavan with Fermanagh nestling in the next townland ….glad your travels went well….thanks for the tip off on those bands….
Hello Christy,
That’s some review from the Irish Examiner of your wonderful Marquee gig on the front page. Brilliant! A man and a guitar can be a powerful thing.
Thankyou for posting The Big Marquee. I love the conversational feel of the words. We didn’t do too badly, did we. I got the structure wrong and the verses a bit jumbled. It makes much more, sense in the right order. The place names! They were a challenge.
Looking at it, I thought about how you write and get that lovely relaxed storytelling feel. It feels like you sit with guitar and muse and sing and play a little….
I found a copy of Thomas Moore’s Irish Tunes from 1859 on the oxfam website. Hope it gets here soon.
Rebecca
Christy's reply
First time I ever sang in public was back in 1956..I sang Thomas Moore’s “The Meeting of The Waters” and “Kevin Barry”. Unfortunately we dont know who wrote “Kevin Barry”. This song is perhaps the best known of all Irish Republican Ballads. Our Mother taught me this song when I was a small boy..She had a devotion to Kevin ….one of my brothers bears his name .
You know you have made it when you feature on the Leaving Cert Physics paper!!
Christy's reply
We had a Science teacher way back over 60 years ago
All that remains from 3 years in his Science classes is the memory of his cruel violence
He’d cane our bare arses in front of the class
Having humiiated and hurt his victim he appeared to froth at the mouth
Anger towards that vicious cruel priest still lingers…long after his demise
Most of his teaching colleagues were decent and respected men…
ye they turned a blind eye
many of us failed science…one or two went on to world acclaim for their scientific achievements
Hi Christy, I’m a singer songwriter from Cork trying to get my music played.
Here’s a link to a few of my songs in case you’d like to sing any of them sometime with your own unique and special interpretation
I think I’ve got it roughly cobbled together, but I’m very sorry for any mistakes.
Posting with hope.
Rebecca
The Big Marquee
Christy Moore
V1
Saturday night, packed in tight, all together in the big Marquee
The man from the Cork Examiner, comes up and sez to me
How come you keep comin back, to The Rebel every year
The answer’s plain and simple Mick*, the reason’s very clear
CHORUS
The Banks! The Banks! The Beautiful Banks!
The Banks of The River Lee
Saturday Night, We’re backed in tight
All together in The Big Marquee
V2
Here’s Caitriona Twomey, comin up The Mall
To cook the Penny Dinner, to feed the great and small
And there goes Don O’Leary, on the road to Sunday’s Well
Up to The Cork Life Centre, to ring the Morning Bell
CHORUS
The Banks! The Banks! The Beautiful Banks!
The Banks of The River Lee
Saturday Night, We’re backed in tight
All together in The Big Marquee
V3
Puccini‘s in The Opera House, Karl Marx in The Connolly Hall
Joe Mac‘s in The Arcadia, The Two Norries are on the ball
Maggie Barry’s on The Coal Quay, Jimmy Crowley’s on the ran-tan-tan
Sound as a Bell, Hank Wedell and The Maestro John Spillane…
CHORUS
The Banks! The Banks! The Beautiful Banks!
The Banks of The River Lee
Saturday Night, We’re backed in tight
All together in The Big Marquee
V4
It’s the reels in Ringsaskiddy, the jigs in Haulbowline
Ricky Lynch in the Corner House, is like a vintage wine
It’s the crack in Sherkin Island, and the hake in Union Hall
The turbot caught upon Cape Clear, you can ate the bones an’ all
CHORUS
The Banks! The Banks! The Beautiful Banks!
The Banks of The River Lee
Saturday Night, We’re backed in tight
All together in The Big Marquee
V5
Took a wrong turn at Dunkettle, Upon my soul
Down the Jack Lynch tunnel, Woke up in The Metropole
All along MacCurtain Street, Till I came to Patrick’s Hill
Big Noel said, “keep coming back!”, And begod I surely will
CHORUS
The Banks! The Banks! The Beautiful Banks!
The Banks of The River Lee
Saturday Night, We’re backed in tight
All together in The Big Marquee
V6
Back to the English market, Back to that scene
Where a well known Cork fishmonger, met her majesty the queen
He brought the cockles and the mussels, caviar and lobster tail
The periwinkles drove the poor old queen, completely off the rails
CHORUS
The Banks! The Banks! The Beautiful Banks!
The Banks of The River Lee
Saturday Night, We’re backed in tight
All together in The Big Marquee
V7
The Lonely Woods of Upton, The Boys of Fairhill,
The Piper of Crossbarry, I hear him still,
I see the Blood and Bandage when I hear The Rebel Sing,
I’m gonna kiss that Blarney Stone, when the Bells of Shandon Ring
CHORUS
The Banks! The Banks! The Beautiful Banks!
The Banks of The River Lee
Saturday Night, We’re backed in tight
All together in The Big Marquee
* Mick Clifford
Christy's reply
Fair play to Rebecca & Bourkey…it probably sings tighter than it reads
The Big Marquee…… Christy Moore (Imro)
V1
Saturday night we’re packed in tight all together in The Big Marquee
when the man from the Cork Examiner comes up and says to me
How come you keep coming back to The Rebel every year
The answer ’s plain and simple Mick, the reason ’s very clear..
Its the reels in Ringaskiddy,its the jigs in Haulbowline
Ricky Lynch singin’ in The Corner House,He’s like a vintage wine
its the crack on Sherkin Island, the Hake in Union Hall
the Turbot caught upon Cape Clear, you can eat the bones and all..
Chorus
On The Banks The Banks the Beautiful Banks
On The Banks of The River Lee
Saturday Night we’re packed in tight
all together in The Big Marquee
V2
Puccini ’s in The Opera House,Karl Marx in The Connolly Hall
Joe Mac is in The Arcadia, Two Norries are on the ball
Maggie Barry’s on The Coal Quay, JImmy Crowley on the ran-tan-tan
Sound as a Bell, Hank Wedell and the maestro John Spillane
Here comes Caitríona Twomey, she’s comin up The Mall
To cook The Penny Dinner, to feed the great and small,
and there goes Don O’Leary, on the road to Sunday’s Well
up to The Cork Life Centre, to ring the morning bell
Chorus
V3
I took a wrong turn at Dunkettle, whereupon my soul
I went down the Jack Lynch Tunnel woke up in The Metropole
took a walk along McCurtain Street til I came to Patrick’s Hill
Big Noel said “Keep Coming Back” and begod I surely will
Back to The English Market, back to the scene
where a well known Cork Fishmonger met her Majesty The Queen
he brought the Cockles and The Mussels, Caviar and Lobster Tails
the Perriwinkle drove the poor old Queen completely off the rails
Chorus
O The Lonely Woods of Upton, The Boys of Fairhill,
The Piper of Crossbarry, I hear him still
I see The Blood and Bandage when I hear The Rebel sing
I’m goin to kiss that Blarney Stone when The Bells of Shandon ring
Hi Christy, the furore of the Lee has receded, sounds a brilliant set list, and so i return to matters , perhaps, more mundane.
On young Keenan’s own spotify playlist he adds songs from Irish artists like Jinx Lennon, Varo, Hazey Haze and more, Jinx i knew of but the others are new ear openers.
On the Box Set you list some of the artists that ‘chilled and uplifted ‘ you including Andy Irvine, Henry Flanigan, Annie Briggs and Tommy Peoples…
As that was recorded a while ago, i wonder who would now be on your ‘spotify’ list or preferably on your Stack System Record Player….oh i wish i still had one of those stack systems!
Rory
Christy's reply
a spontaneous reaction
Lazarus Soul
Chris Wood
The Young’Uns
MacDara Yates
Liam O’Flynn
Sean Keane
Finbarr Dwyer
Took a wrong turn at Dunkettle
Upon my soul
Down the Jack Lynch tunnel
Woke up in The Metropolle
All along McCurtain Street
Till I came to Patrick’s Hill
Big Noel said “keep coming back”
And begod I surely will
Back to the English market
Back to that scene
Where a well known Cork fishmonger
met her majesty the queen
He brought the cockles and the muscles
caviar and lobster tail
The periwinkles drove the poor old queen
completely off the rails
Hello Christy,
Oh that’s great! It’s a fine song. Thankyou for tidying it up.
I’ll get Catriona and her friends settled in.
Please can I ask, have I noticed everything so far, or have I missed things?
I hope that alternative first line grows into a song for you.
No Ed, no AI here. Just flexing a few musical muscles.
This is fun 💚
Rebecca
Christy's reply
between yourself and Bourkey ..Ye are getting there..fair play to ye my bould shelmaliers
I once sang in The Tin Pub in Ahakista…a German woman played “The Lonesome Boatman” on a tin Whistle (or recorder) and stilled the night…the barman sang “The Boston Burglar”
Gawd, the ‘poetry’ on in here.
(Are ye sure yez lot are not using AI? That can rustle up anything simply in a flash.)
Christy's reply
I always used the A1 between York and Edinburgh..had manys the Full English at Scots Corner..
” we were champion at keeping them rolling” (Ewan MacColl)
…..
Hi Christy,
the concert in Cork really sounds great!
Sad to read about Peter Hames. “Ordinary Man” is one of my favourite songs (glad that you sing it regularly!!) and my first of your songs to learn on the guitar a while ago.
And actually I played that same song on my second time on stage in a little pub in Newtown Mt Kennedy on Sunday evening before heading home yesterday. My first time on stage was the day before in Bray where my friends were playing and at one point just gave me the guitar and said it’s my turn now…well, this came too surprising and spontaneous to get really nervous, and somehow it worked to sing two songs – at least nobody left the room, nobody complained and some even said it was pretty good 😊 ) .
So though not being at another of your concerts that song was an unforgettable finish to a beautiful holiday in sunny Ireland, packed with great music, some beautiful hikes and meeting many nice people.
Looking forward to listening to your new songs live hopefully not too long in the future.
Take care
Birgit
Christy's reply
Gotta Say…I love Bray….did you sing in The Harbour Bar?…..
Kevin Barry, Glasgow Concert hall 2014 April 13h Also done 2 nights before at Barrowlands
Fair play 2 U Adam…..quick as a flash….
all good up here County Cavan…its a soft evening as the listeners gather… a few overseas 4711ers in tonight and long hauliers from as far away as Sligo, Castlewellan, Tralee, The Glenties and Ballymagash… all descending upon Sean’s Palace of Chandeliers…..I’m just having the final touches put to my hair and make up…I hear that Rod Stewart had 4 costume changes the other night in Cork and 5 backing Vocalists…. expect changes to this gig in the near future…hope all well in Wicklow this glorious damp Summer’s evening…Shine On Adam
Hi Christopher,
Thank you for that correction. A great song all the more. Yes, good advice.
Keep sending out the good vibes.
no one has called me Christopher since our Mother died in 1992….I’d almost forgotten my full name….I’m very happy with the abbreviated name except when its spelt with an ie
It’s quiet and cool here this morning.
Green with birdsong.
There’s a mock orange tree 50 yards away. Its perfume is coming in through the door.
There’s a gentle rumble in the distance.
The pub’s air conditioning, traffic and thunder.
https://youtu.be/uRk8DW9y43c
never saw that before…I love the song….I’ve no idea where or when it was recorded …any clues ?
Hello Christy,
“And our hearts, like your waters, be mingled in peace.”
Thomas Moore
https://youtu.be/CiEVKbWSTWQ
The first time I sang in public I sang Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Pie Jesu. I would have been 14.
Rebecca
It being the 23rd of June , seems like a good day to hear some songs…. under the chandeliers is the place to be tonight. We will step on board…..
“Dear Lady Astor, you think you know a lot standing on the platform talking Tommy rot. You’re England’s sweetheart and her pride, we think your mouth is too bloody wide. That’s from the D-Day Dodgers who died in Italy.” The Clancys sang a version of this English song concerning the rulers’ attitude toward the brave men who fought the Nazis in Italy.
We now live in a Prosumer totalitarian society: produce to consume and consume to produce. Truth-tellers are not tolerated on this side of the pond. I want to get out of this living Hell. Any ideas, Christy?
Time is running out ..Hugs.
A Scottish song..I think it was written by Hamish Henderson…..we gotta make the best of whatever time is left
Hi Christy,
Kevin Barry, brave, selfless, immortalised in song like so many other significant Irish men and women…..he proudly held his head up high. It is a real favourite at the Barras.
The Galtee Mountain Boy, the people’s MP, Tamlaghtduff……The Spirit of Freedom is a good starting point, fine, stirring album.
Rory
Jesus Christ & Jesse James was written by the late Brian Moore and featured on the first album from The Men of No Property
Hi christy
Hope all is well . I belive the marque gig was u real.. sorry i missed it.. been away in manchester for a few days passed by the bridge water hall memories of some great gigs. on the way back to dublin via holyhead this afternoon on the swift. I have bruce, christy , pecker dune . Never listed to him before but some good songs portlaoise gail and a few others .. also lazares soul are some band their song lemon sevens is a fine tune .. white buffalo and the dead south two other bands i have found myself listing two that are well worth a listen … hope to see you in vic street in a few weeks …
All good so far today Adam…got the porridge, I’m packing the bag for tonight’s gig in the Slieve Russell in Co Cavan with Fermanagh nestling in the next townland ….glad your travels went well….thanks for the tip off on those bands….
Hello Christy,
That’s some review from the Irish Examiner of your wonderful Marquee gig on the front page. Brilliant! A man and a guitar can be a powerful thing.
Thankyou for posting The Big Marquee. I love the conversational feel of the words. We didn’t do too badly, did we. I got the structure wrong and the verses a bit jumbled. It makes much more, sense in the right order. The place names! They were a challenge.
Looking at it, I thought about how you write and get that lovely relaxed storytelling feel. It feels like you sit with guitar and muse and sing and play a little….
I found a copy of Thomas Moore’s Irish Tunes from 1859 on the oxfam website. Hope it gets here soon.
Rebecca
First time I ever sang in public was back in 1956..I sang Thomas Moore’s “The Meeting of The Waters” and “Kevin Barry”. Unfortunately we dont know who wrote “Kevin Barry”. This song is perhaps the best known of all Irish Republican Ballads. Our Mother taught me this song when I was a small boy..She had a devotion to Kevin ….one of my brothers bears his name .
Kelly the boy from Killanne
first out of the traps
You know you have made it when you feature on the Leaving Cert Physics paper!!
We had a Science teacher way back over 60 years ago
All that remains from 3 years in his Science classes is the memory of his cruel violence
He’d cane our bare arses in front of the class
Having humiiated and hurt his victim he appeared to froth at the mouth
Anger towards that vicious cruel priest still lingers…long after his demise
Most of his teaching colleagues were decent and respected men…
ye they turned a blind eye
many of us failed science…one or two went on to world acclaim for their scientific achievements
Hi Christy, I’m a singer songwriter from Cork trying to get my music played.
Here’s a link to a few of my songs in case you’d like to sing any of them sometime with your own unique and special interpretation
Glandore
https://youtu.be/xlSRaVn1B4I
The Exile
https://youtu.be/75QmctEalvU
Some Fine Day
https://youtu.be/8_alAOcZWos
Fleeting Visions
https://youtu.be/qyWSez6sFS8
Hello Christy,
I’ve no idea what a Shelmalier is but I like it 🙂
With thanks to Bourkey and his fine detective skills. They led here:
https://youtu.be/Bwd0xaYcoZA
I think I’ve got it roughly cobbled together, but I’m very sorry for any mistakes.
Posting with hope.
Rebecca
The Big Marquee
Christy Moore
V1
Saturday night, packed in tight, all together in the big Marquee
The man from the Cork Examiner, comes up and sez to me
How come you keep comin back, to The Rebel every year
The answer’s plain and simple Mick*, the reason’s very clear
CHORUS
The Banks! The Banks! The Beautiful Banks!
The Banks of The River Lee
Saturday Night, We’re backed in tight
All together in The Big Marquee
V2
Here’s Caitriona Twomey, comin up The Mall
To cook the Penny Dinner, to feed the great and small
And there goes Don O’Leary, on the road to Sunday’s Well
Up to The Cork Life Centre, to ring the Morning Bell
CHORUS
The Banks! The Banks! The Beautiful Banks!
The Banks of The River Lee
Saturday Night, We’re backed in tight
All together in The Big Marquee
V3
Puccini‘s in The Opera House, Karl Marx in The Connolly Hall
Joe Mac‘s in The Arcadia, The Two Norries are on the ball
Maggie Barry’s on The Coal Quay, Jimmy Crowley’s on the ran-tan-tan
Sound as a Bell, Hank Wedell and The Maestro John Spillane…
CHORUS
The Banks! The Banks! The Beautiful Banks!
The Banks of The River Lee
Saturday Night, We’re backed in tight
All together in The Big Marquee
V4
It’s the reels in Ringsaskiddy, the jigs in Haulbowline
Ricky Lynch in the Corner House, is like a vintage wine
It’s the crack in Sherkin Island, and the hake in Union Hall
The turbot caught upon Cape Clear, you can ate the bones an’ all
CHORUS
The Banks! The Banks! The Beautiful Banks!
The Banks of The River Lee
Saturday Night, We’re backed in tight
All together in The Big Marquee
V5
Took a wrong turn at Dunkettle, Upon my soul
Down the Jack Lynch tunnel, Woke up in The Metropole
All along MacCurtain Street, Till I came to Patrick’s Hill
Big Noel said, “keep coming back!”, And begod I surely will
CHORUS
The Banks! The Banks! The Beautiful Banks!
The Banks of The River Lee
Saturday Night, We’re backed in tight
All together in The Big Marquee
V6
Back to the English market, Back to that scene
Where a well known Cork fishmonger, met her majesty the queen
He brought the cockles and the mussels, caviar and lobster tail
The periwinkles drove the poor old queen, completely off the rails
CHORUS
The Banks! The Banks! The Beautiful Banks!
The Banks of The River Lee
Saturday Night, We’re backed in tight
All together in The Big Marquee
V7
The Lonely Woods of Upton, The Boys of Fairhill,
The Piper of Crossbarry, I hear him still,
I see the Blood and Bandage when I hear The Rebel Sing,
I’m gonna kiss that Blarney Stone, when the Bells of Shandon Ring
CHORUS
The Banks! The Banks! The Beautiful Banks!
The Banks of The River Lee
Saturday Night, We’re backed in tight
All together in The Big Marquee
* Mick Clifford
Fair play to Rebecca & Bourkey…it probably sings tighter than it reads
The Big Marquee…… Christy Moore (Imro)
V1
Saturday night we’re packed in tight all together in The Big Marquee
when the man from the Cork Examiner comes up and says to me
How come you keep coming back to The Rebel every year
The answer ’s plain and simple Mick, the reason ’s very clear..
Its the reels in Ringaskiddy,its the jigs in Haulbowline
Ricky Lynch singin’ in The Corner House,He’s like a vintage wine
its the crack on Sherkin Island, the Hake in Union Hall
the Turbot caught upon Cape Clear, you can eat the bones and all..
Chorus
On The Banks The Banks the Beautiful Banks
On The Banks of The River Lee
Saturday Night we’re packed in tight
all together in The Big Marquee
V2
Puccini ’s in The Opera House,Karl Marx in The Connolly Hall
Joe Mac is in The Arcadia, Two Norries are on the ball
Maggie Barry’s on The Coal Quay, JImmy Crowley on the ran-tan-tan
Sound as a Bell, Hank Wedell and the maestro John Spillane
Here comes Caitríona Twomey, she’s comin up The Mall
To cook The Penny Dinner, to feed the great and small,
and there goes Don O’Leary, on the road to Sunday’s Well
up to The Cork Life Centre, to ring the morning bell
Chorus
V3
I took a wrong turn at Dunkettle, whereupon my soul
I went down the Jack Lynch Tunnel woke up in The Metropole
took a walk along McCurtain Street til I came to Patrick’s Hill
Big Noel said “Keep Coming Back” and begod I surely will
Back to The English Market, back to the scene
where a well known Cork Fishmonger met her Majesty The Queen
he brought the Cockles and The Mussels, Caviar and Lobster Tails
the Perriwinkle drove the poor old Queen completely off the rails
Chorus
O The Lonely Woods of Upton, The Boys of Fairhill,
The Piper of Crossbarry, I hear him still
I see The Blood and Bandage when I hear The Rebel sing
I’m goin to kiss that Blarney Stone when The Bells of Shandon ring
Chorus
Hi Christy, the furore of the Lee has receded, sounds a brilliant set list, and so i return to matters , perhaps, more mundane.
On young Keenan’s own spotify playlist he adds songs from Irish artists like Jinx Lennon, Varo, Hazey Haze and more, Jinx i knew of but the others are new ear openers.
On the Box Set you list some of the artists that ‘chilled and uplifted ‘ you including Andy Irvine, Henry Flanigan, Annie Briggs and Tommy Peoples…
As that was recorded a while ago, i wonder who would now be on your ‘spotify’ list or preferably on your Stack System Record Player….oh i wish i still had one of those stack systems!
Rory
a spontaneous reaction
Lazarus Soul
Chris Wood
The Young’Uns
MacDara Yates
Liam O’Flynn
Sean Keane
Finbarr Dwyer
Took a wrong turn at Dunkettle
Upon my soul
Down the Jack Lynch tunnel
Woke up in The Metropolle
All along McCurtain Street
Till I came to Patrick’s Hill
Big Noel said “keep coming back”
And begod I surely will
Back to the English market
Back to that scene
Where a well known Cork fishmonger
met her majesty the queen
He brought the cockles and the muscles
caviar and lobster tail
The periwinkles drove the poor old queen
completely off the rails
The two Norries are on the ball for sure
whallup Bourkey
Hello Christy,
Oh that’s great! It’s a fine song. Thankyou for tidying it up.
I’ll get Catriona and her friends settled in.
Please can I ask, have I noticed everything so far, or have I missed things?
I hope that alternative first line grows into a song for you.
No Ed, no AI here. Just flexing a few musical muscles.
This is fun 💚
Rebecca
between yourself and Bourkey ..Ye are getting there..fair play to ye my bould shelmaliers
No, it was in the Tin Roof Bar
I once sang in The Tin Pub in Ahakista…a German woman played “The Lonesome Boatman” on a tin Whistle (or recorder) and stilled the night…the barman sang “The Boston Burglar”
Gawd, the ‘poetry’ on in here.
(Are ye sure yez lot are not using AI? That can rustle up anything simply in a flash.)
I always used the A1 between York and Edinburgh..had manys the Full English at Scots Corner..
” we were champion at keeping them rolling” (Ewan MacColl)
…..
Hi Christy,
the concert in Cork really sounds great!
Sad to read about Peter Hames. “Ordinary Man” is one of my favourite songs (glad that you sing it regularly!!) and my first of your songs to learn on the guitar a while ago.
And actually I played that same song on my second time on stage in a little pub in Newtown Mt Kennedy on Sunday evening before heading home yesterday. My first time on stage was the day before in Bray where my friends were playing and at one point just gave me the guitar and said it’s my turn now…well, this came too surprising and spontaneous to get really nervous, and somehow it worked to sing two songs – at least nobody left the room, nobody complained and some even said it was pretty good 😊 ) .
So though not being at another of your concerts that song was an unforgettable finish to a beautiful holiday in sunny Ireland, packed with great music, some beautiful hikes and meeting many nice people.
Looking forward to listening to your new songs live hopefully not too long in the future.
Take care
Birgit
Gotta Say…I love Bray….did you sing in The Harbour Bar?…..
Here’s some pictures from the marquee gig
https://www.hotpress.com/pics-vids/christy-moore-at-live-at-the-marquee-photos-22974781#&gid=1&pid=image22974787
Rebecca