I’ve not heard this for yonks….Joe O’Reilly of Dolphin Records got this album together…he spoke to me about “The Two Conneeleys”….I approached the Poet and Irish Scholar the late Liam O’Muirthile…..Liam translated the original lyric into Irish and also assisted me with my pronounciation…..the melody was written by Wally Page….both Wally and Liam gone on ahead of us…may they resound forever….
Over the years I’ve read a lot about the legendary song collecting by Diane Hamilton (Guggenheim) on her 1955 visit to Ireland. In the company of Liam Clancy,singers and musicians were tracked down and recorded,wherever and whenever possible.
Today,in a second hand shop,I found the fruits of their labours. A pristine CD(The lark in the morning) for the price of a city centre coffee…worth it for Liam’s sleeve notes,then the singing kicks in…No doubt,Peggy had the best possible recording equipment and voices /tunes are preserved brilliantly…I’m now marvelling at the singing of Paddy Tunney,Sarah Makem,Thomas Raynes,Peg Power (any relation?) To name but a few …
For songsters here who have yet to discover these gems,you won’t regret the efforts if you have to hunt down a copy of this classic collection
Last,but not least,it’s great when a familiar song takes a new direction. Since first hearing Steeleye’s ‘The lowlands of Holland’ and enjoying numerous other versions,the song always features Galloway in Scotland. Until today…enter,Paddy Tunney’s ace version and we have Galway featured…it scans perfectly,so why not?! The journeys of the songs add to their magic- as do the wonderful performers from almost 70 years ago.
All the best
Dave
Christy's reply
for a time Diane made her home here in Dublin…we often met at gatherings before she died…her love of Irish Music and song is well remembered , her patronage always appreciated….
I’m guessing here….I think the Peg Power mentioned above may have been the Sister of The Clancy Brothers.
Back in 1964 I heard Peg and Bobby Clancy perform in both Clonmel and Carrick-On-Suir. That memory stands out…I was 19 and finding my own way around the chords and songs….The Clancy’s and Tommy Makem changed a generation of young lives with their songs and music…the raw bar, te pure drop, the nyaaah, the beauty, the turn, the ensemble of it all…they inspired many of us to take a fresh look at what lay around us….
“Whack-fol-de-diddle-oh
There’s whisky in the jar”
PS just recieved the following link from United Suffragette City
My Birthday trip for Jan11 gig at Vicar St keeps on giving, Small Claims suit against rental car company refiled today hope all is well Christy. If we win hope your going to be in Donegal sometime next summer, if not
We’re planning another visit God willing. Recommend electric cars to rental companies
Hi Christy ,
Hope you are all doing great, and Betty isn’t to rough on the roof.Delighted to be getting home after 14 years,2 gigs in Lisdoonvarna for the Doolin Motorcycle Festival of which all proceeds go to Marie McDonagh Clancy Foundation, sadly Marie passed from Ovarian Cancer. I was honored when James asked if I’d come home and be apart of this event, it’s been over 30 years since I last sang in Sixmilebridge Co Clare , a memory that is so clear to this day for me here in Boston today. I sang John Gibbs beautiful song to a lovely welcoming audience. I played a charity gig here in Boston and we raised $1,300 in Marie’s honor which was amazing. Truth be told I’m nervous as you now about it all but I’ll give it my all, my comfort is my guitar and the songs. After 30 years playing the same Bodhran I’ve invested in a new one for home “Cooperman” in Vermont are the real deal this side of the water, Yankee goats need a little tweaking. Anyway I’ll be up in Tribe country on the 1st, Sean Sands is dropping down to Athy for a night of music on the Thursday from Fermanagh and up the Friday morning to Galway, ye might pass us on the road, pull over if ye see two eejits and a bald tire playin with the jack. It will be lovely to be home and see family and friends, a little more weight, and grey hair but above the sod , Sorry for the rambling Christy, and I do love the connection s people have , from Rebecca and the harp and the rabbit hole she sends us on , to Adams images of the gigs , Hilary in the Kingdom, it’s lovely for me to read them all , it reminds me of my days in Willesdon Library looking for stuff on your early gigs, anyway take care, I’ll see ye on the other side, love Fin
Stunning……..all three gone on ahead of us…..to see three masterful practitioners totally immersed in union with “The Dark Woman Of The Glen”….the spirit of Séamus Ennis imbued in their performance….We heard Catherine play a year before she died…we met and heard Sean weeks before he left….Liam has left so many memories, with us personally, that I often have to remind myself that he is gone….very moved by what has emerged from this link …Thanks to all responsible
Has anyone seen my football team?
They were unsighted on Saturday & I thought they may have nicked off overseas…
If you find them please return them to Essendon Football Club, c/o WTF Happened Street, Tullamarine Vic Aust
These are trying times…all I need now is for the indigenous Voice referendum to go down, Boris to become PM again & prick face Trump to be found not guilty
Surely not…
Danny Harris
Having a whinge & a sook,
Oz area
Rebecca. I recall you performing at The Shay last year. A quick year gone. I think the light didnt quite do it plus the sound a bit ‘off’ at that gig. Indoor v outdoor can be a big ask for a performer. Onwards upwards from this on.
‘Bring Down the Lamp’, I recall the programme on TV. It’s said a young Liam O’Flynn performed on one episode. That London scene for Irish trad was supposed to be mighty back in the sixties. In the words of Barry M, they took the songs and music with them overseas. While the music practically ignored here.
You’ll have to find out how many undercoats and overcoats were put onto that London door by those lads.
Here’s an old snap Christy of the 2 lads from 1968, pity about the watermark! I believe there’s free software online for removing such, I must look into it!
That is a revelation…..just as they were when I first met them THANK YOU Gipp..thats made my day..gonna send it on to some old companeros..not many left now…hope to get it to Liam Farrell as well
Hello Christy,
I hope you have a look at Musgrave as a solo song. I’d love to hear it from you. I’ve been singing it solo for 3 years. It was one of the best received songs yesterday. The room went quiet and everyone seemed to be listening. It’s a song that I love to sing and to hear.
So yesterday we arrived an hour ahead of kick off, it’s around 3 hours from Brighouse through beautiful countryside. I’d forgotten how big Yorkshire is, it goes on forever.
I warmed up in the staff area behind the cafe. The acoustics were good. I’d have gladly done the gig in that space.
I was set up in an airy corner of the cafe. It’s a nice big space. Tuned the harp but there was so much noise I wasn’t sure of it at all. Ginger was the soundman.
Met Rory and had a chat. There’d been busking round the Town in the morning. Some people performed despite the rain.
I sang 16 songs. 1 hour 10 minutes.
I stopped when my voice was tired.
Then had coffee and cake.
Scarborough Fair
Yellow Furze Woman
Caledonia
Dalesman’s litany
Lullaby of London
Musgrave
Curragh of Kildare
January Man
Rosalita and Jack Campbell
Foxy Devil
Wandering Aengus
Listen
Raggle Taggle
Bright Blue Rose
House of the Rising Sun
Parting Glass
The order might be a bit off.
Please, I need to thank you. I wouldn’t be doing this if it wasn’t for you.
Tremendous night in The Pav on Friday night, loved Bord na Mona man…and what a selection of songs…never get tired listening to you and watching you.
Anyways, I was on me way into town to see a Lizzy tribute act, who were excellent, preceded by a Gary Moore group, when I tuned into Céilí House on the wireless…a young lady named Melissa Clarke from Kilchreest in Galway, she played accordian, two reels, The bunch of keys and the bucks…but what caught my ear was the mention of her grand uncles Raymond Roland and Oliver ‘who used to play around London’. I’m guessing the same Raymond Roland that helped ye paint a door? three coats, then two coats…and that was just undercoat..ah..The Rose…will she ever appear again? her grandmother was Imelda Roland btw…the A Lazerus Soul solo was fab too, Black and Amber…thank you for great music..p.s. if it’s not the same Raymond Roland, then I made a balls of that post..
Christy's reply
Thats our Raymond…I used to go to The White Hart on Fulham Broadway every Monday night back in 1966…I always brought my guitar…one Monday Night Raymond said…” do you play that Bull Fiddle”…he invited me up …I sang “Spancilhill” and “The Galtee Mountain Boy”….that was my foot gently in the door…Raymond often asked me up after that..I became friendly with Himself and Liam Farrell ( still to the good) ..met Roger Sherlock, John Bowe, the brothers Finbar, Michael and Richard Dwyer,….vamped in Harlesden,Willesden, Quex Road…back then Raymond had a great following around London..it was a great scene..there was music 7 nights a week in different parts of that great City..I lost and found myself there
Re: Your reply to Shambo – “If I get an encore I go home feeling like a king…”
That is just so genuine of you, CM. Harry Chaplin, a life cut short by tragedy, had a song (“You Are the Only Song” ) he did in an encore where he sang “I’m so hoarse I can’t hit the high notes; it’s just a whisper when I’m low; but when you sing from the inside, you hope that something shows…” and the audience responded with a heart-felt enthusiastic applause. Such is the rapport you have with you audience and that’s why it’s such fun to attend your shows. I struck up a lengthy conversation with two fellows sitting on either side of me before you came out to play, it’s not too much an exaggeration to say the concert venue was like a gathering of friends.
Hello Christy,
I did it! And I got out alive!
Hawick is a beautiful town and it was great to meet Rory at long last, after knowing him for so long on here.
I’ll write a bit more in the morning, when I’ve got my breath back.
Wondering if I will get advance notice of Mr Moore’s gigs? My daughter is living in Dublin for the upcoming year, and it is a dream of mine to see Mr. Moore live. It appears all his gigs are completely sold out though.
I would plan on visiting in the winter/spring of 2024.
Thanks,
Mike
Christy's reply
if you sign up for our newsletter you,or your daughter, will have advance notice of future gigs
Great gig in the Pavillion last night but jaysis it seemed some of the crowd were trying their hardest not to enjoy themselves! Lighten up, live the moment and sing along!
Christy's reply
Thank You Sham…..gotta say I take a different view …..
from my perspective the audience were welcoming, responsive and appreciative…I could not have wished for more….
coming to a theatre like The Pavilion can be intimidating for some… I sensed a hesitancy during the opening song…I encouraged listeners to sing with me and the collective weighed in gloriously…. I sang 32 songs last night , I could not see the audience but I tell you Sham….I could sense their enthusiasm, involvement and participation…
If I get an encore I go home feeling like a king….
Hi christy, thanks for your kind words of encouragment for the festival.
Just a word on fellow irishman joshua burnside…magnificent…if you get a chance to see a show i would recommend it.
He wooed us all last night.
He also does a grand version of The cod liver oil and the orange juice, and is a big fan of big Hamish.
Rory
Christy's reply
Thanks Rory….
“Out O the East
there came a hard man
Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh
Glory Hallelujah”
Howya Christy , that was a great gig tonight in the Pav even if you didn’t sing Little Musgrave , despite me shouting for it!🤪
I really enjoyed the whole vibe of the night , the serious stuff & the craic ….. you’re getting better with age.
So many of your songs have such deep meanings for me.
The Voyage , sung at our wedding & Ordinary Man played as my Dad’s coffin went to the big bonfire behind the curtain!
He worked in a factory for 40 plus years & it felt like the song was written for him.
Keep healthy, keep singing & keep her lit!
Christy's reply
I’ve gotta spend some time with Little Musgrave….check out if I can rearrange a solo version…past versions have had beautiful musical interludes…be it with Planxty, The Companeros, The Trad Outfit or the original recording ( way back with Jimmy Faulkner, Kevin Burke, Donal Lunny, Declan McNelis circa 1976)…
Its a great old song
Once upon a time,way back….Planxty and Clannad were playing a Festival in Switzerland….afterwards there was a mad hooley in a hotel in Geneva….Musgrave was played with everyone tipping along..at the end Matt Molly went into a sweet gentle slow reel….one of those magic moments
Thanks Christy, for another great performance at the Pavilion tonight, it was very uplifting my wife and I really enjoyed it. I know I keep saying this but you seem to be getting better all the time.
Christy's reply
thank you Oliver….its 12 hours hence and I’m still coming down from last night’s fun
Hello Christy,
Here’s something I’ve never heard before.
Beautiful!
https://youtu.be/Njk7UT2924M
Rebecca
I’ve not heard this for yonks….Joe O’Reilly of Dolphin Records got this album together…he spoke to me about “The Two Conneeleys”….I approached the Poet and Irish Scholar the late Liam O’Muirthile…..Liam translated the original lyric into Irish and also assisted me with my pronounciation…..the melody was written by Wally Page….both Wally and Liam gone on ahead of us…may they resound forever….
Hi Christy
Over the years I’ve read a lot about the legendary song collecting by Diane Hamilton (Guggenheim) on her 1955 visit to Ireland. In the company of Liam Clancy,singers and musicians were tracked down and recorded,wherever and whenever possible.
Today,in a second hand shop,I found the fruits of their labours. A pristine CD(The lark in the morning) for the price of a city centre coffee…worth it for Liam’s sleeve notes,then the singing kicks in…No doubt,Peggy had the best possible recording equipment and voices /tunes are preserved brilliantly…I’m now marvelling at the singing of Paddy Tunney,Sarah Makem,Thomas Raynes,Peg Power (any relation?) To name but a few …
For songsters here who have yet to discover these gems,you won’t regret the efforts if you have to hunt down a copy of this classic collection
Last,but not least,it’s great when a familiar song takes a new direction. Since first hearing Steeleye’s ‘The lowlands of Holland’ and enjoying numerous other versions,the song always features Galloway in Scotland. Until today…enter,Paddy Tunney’s ace version and we have Galway featured…it scans perfectly,so why not?! The journeys of the songs add to their magic- as do the wonderful performers from almost 70 years ago.
All the best
Dave
for a time Diane made her home here in Dublin…we often met at gatherings before she died…her love of Irish Music and song is well remembered , her patronage always appreciated….
I’m guessing here….I think the Peg Power mentioned above may have been the Sister of The Clancy Brothers.
Back in 1964 I heard Peg and Bobby Clancy perform in both Clonmel and Carrick-On-Suir. That memory stands out…I was 19 and finding my own way around the chords and songs….The Clancy’s and Tommy Makem changed a generation of young lives with their songs and music…the raw bar, te pure drop, the nyaaah, the beauty, the turn, the ensemble of it all…they inspired many of us to take a fresh look at what lay around us….
“Whack-fol-de-diddle-oh
There’s whisky in the jar”
PS just recieved the following link from United Suffragette City
“Peg Clancy (Power): Peg Clancy Power” https://www.theballadeers.com/morefolk/mf_clancypeg_1962_pcp.htm
Hello Christy,
Here’s a great photo I wandered across this morning.
https://stillslibrary.rte.ie/indexplus/result.html?_IXMAXHITS_=1&_IXACTION_=query&_IXFIRST_=46&_IXSR_=vWWqmVmSLL_&_IXSS_=%252asform%3d%252fweb%252fsearch_forms%252fadvanced%26%252aiexe%2bSECURITY_filter%3d%252e%26_IXACTION_%3dquery%26_IXFIRST_%3d1%26_IXMAXHITS_%3d10%26_IXFPFX_%3dtemplates%252ft%26_IXINITSR_%3dy%26%2524%253dsort%3dsort%2bdescending%2bsortexpr%2bimage_sort%26%2524%253ds%3dliam%2bo%2527flynn%26%2524%253dsi%3dtext%26search%3dsearch%26text_search_context%3dLiam%2bo%2527flynn%26%253cphoto_taken_date_earliest%3d&_IXSPFX_=templates%2ft&_IXFPFX_=templates%2ft
That link looks weird so I hope its ok.
Thanks to Finbar for his post. Really enjoyed hearing about his adventures.
We’re in Galway for the 9th September gig. I guess we’ll just miss him.
Rebecca
My Birthday trip for Jan11 gig at Vicar St keeps on giving, Small Claims suit against rental car company refiled today hope all is well Christy. If we win hope your going to be in Donegal sometime next summer, if not
We’re planning another visit God willing. Recommend electric cars to rental companies
Hi Christy ,
Hope you are all doing great, and Betty isn’t to rough on the roof.Delighted to be getting home after 14 years,2 gigs in Lisdoonvarna for the Doolin Motorcycle Festival of which all proceeds go to Marie McDonagh Clancy Foundation, sadly Marie passed from Ovarian Cancer. I was honored when James asked if I’d come home and be apart of this event, it’s been over 30 years since I last sang in Sixmilebridge Co Clare , a memory that is so clear to this day for me here in Boston today. I sang John Gibbs beautiful song to a lovely welcoming audience. I played a charity gig here in Boston and we raised $1,300 in Marie’s honor which was amazing. Truth be told I’m nervous as you now about it all but I’ll give it my all, my comfort is my guitar and the songs. After 30 years playing the same Bodhran I’ve invested in a new one for home “Cooperman” in Vermont are the real deal this side of the water, Yankee goats need a little tweaking. Anyway I’ll be up in Tribe country on the 1st, Sean Sands is dropping down to Athy for a night of music on the Thursday from Fermanagh and up the Friday morning to Galway, ye might pass us on the road, pull over if ye see two eejits and a bald tire playin with the jack. It will be lovely to be home and see family and friends, a little more weight, and grey hair but above the sod , Sorry for the rambling Christy, and I do love the connection s people have , from Rebecca and the harp and the rabbit hole she sends us on , to Adams images of the gigs , Hilary in the Kingdom, it’s lovely for me to read them all , it reminds me of my days in Willesdon Library looking for stuff on your early gigs, anyway take care, I’ll see ye on the other side, love Fin
Hello Christy,
Here’s something beautiful for this morning.
https://youtu.be/oz1GiuFNJ5w
Rebecca
Thanks to Ed
Stunning……..all three gone on ahead of us…..to see three masterful practitioners totally immersed in union with “The Dark Woman Of The Glen”….the spirit of Séamus Ennis imbued in their performance….We heard Catherine play a year before she died…we met and heard Sean weeks before he left….Liam has left so many memories, with us personally, that I often have to remind myself that he is gone….very moved by what has emerged from this link …Thanks to all responsible
Has anyone seen my football team?
They were unsighted on Saturday & I thought they may have nicked off overseas…
If you find them please return them to Essendon Football Club, c/o WTF Happened Street, Tullamarine Vic Aust
These are trying times…all I need now is for the indigenous Voice referendum to go down, Boris to become PM again & prick face Trump to be found not guilty
Surely not…
Danny Harris
Having a whinge & a sook,
Oz area
Rebecca. I recall you performing at The Shay last year. A quick year gone. I think the light didnt quite do it plus the sound a bit ‘off’ at that gig. Indoor v outdoor can be a big ask for a performer. Onwards upwards from this on.
‘Bring Down the Lamp’, I recall the programme on TV. It’s said a young Liam O’Flynn performed on one episode. That London scene for Irish trad was supposed to be mighty back in the sixties. In the words of Barry M, they took the songs and music with them overseas. While the music practically ignored here.
You’ll have to find out how many undercoats and overcoats were put onto that London door by those lads.
Here’s an old snap Christy of the 2 lads from 1968, pity about the watermark! I believe there’s free software online for removing such, I must look into it!
https://stillslibrary.rte.ie/indexplus/image/2154/067.html
That is a revelation…..just as they were when I first met them THANK YOU Gipp..thats made my day..gonna send it on to some old companeros..not many left now…hope to get it to Liam Farrell as well
Hello Christy,
I hope you have a look at Musgrave as a solo song. I’d love to hear it from you. I’ve been singing it solo for 3 years. It was one of the best received songs yesterday. The room went quiet and everyone seemed to be listening. It’s a song that I love to sing and to hear.
So yesterday we arrived an hour ahead of kick off, it’s around 3 hours from Brighouse through beautiful countryside. I’d forgotten how big Yorkshire is, it goes on forever.
I warmed up in the staff area behind the cafe. The acoustics were good. I’d have gladly done the gig in that space.
I was set up in an airy corner of the cafe. It’s a nice big space. Tuned the harp but there was so much noise I wasn’t sure of it at all. Ginger was the soundman.
Met Rory and had a chat. There’d been busking round the Town in the morning. Some people performed despite the rain.
I sang 16 songs. 1 hour 10 minutes.
I stopped when my voice was tired.
Then had coffee and cake.
Scarborough Fair
Yellow Furze Woman
Caledonia
Dalesman’s litany
Lullaby of London
Musgrave
Curragh of Kildare
January Man
Rosalita and Jack Campbell
Foxy Devil
Wandering Aengus
Listen
Raggle Taggle
Bright Blue Rose
House of the Rising Sun
Parting Glass
The order might be a bit off.
Please, I need to thank you. I wouldn’t be doing this if it wasn’t for you.
Rebecca
Tremendous night in The Pav on Friday night, loved Bord na Mona man…and what a selection of songs…never get tired listening to you and watching you.
Anyways, I was on me way into town to see a Lizzy tribute act, who were excellent, preceded by a Gary Moore group, when I tuned into Céilí House on the wireless…a young lady named Melissa Clarke from Kilchreest in Galway, she played accordian, two reels, The bunch of keys and the bucks…but what caught my ear was the mention of her grand uncles Raymond Roland and Oliver ‘who used to play around London’. I’m guessing the same Raymond Roland that helped ye paint a door? three coats, then two coats…and that was just undercoat..ah..The Rose…will she ever appear again? her grandmother was Imelda Roland btw…the A Lazerus Soul solo was fab too, Black and Amber…thank you for great music..p.s. if it’s not the same Raymond Roland, then I made a balls of that post..
Thats our Raymond…I used to go to The White Hart on Fulham Broadway every Monday night back in 1966…I always brought my guitar…one Monday Night Raymond said…” do you play that Bull Fiddle”…he invited me up …I sang “Spancilhill” and “The Galtee Mountain Boy”….that was my foot gently in the door…Raymond often asked me up after that..I became friendly with Himself and Liam Farrell ( still to the good) ..met Roger Sherlock, John Bowe, the brothers Finbar, Michael and Richard Dwyer,….vamped in Harlesden,Willesden, Quex Road…back then Raymond had a great following around London..it was a great scene..there was music 7 nights a week in different parts of that great City..I lost and found myself there
Re: Your reply to Shambo – “If I get an encore I go home feeling like a king…”
That is just so genuine of you, CM. Harry Chaplin, a life cut short by tragedy, had a song (“You Are the Only Song” ) he did in an encore where he sang “I’m so hoarse I can’t hit the high notes; it’s just a whisper when I’m low; but when you sing from the inside, you hope that something shows…” and the audience responded with a heart-felt enthusiastic applause. Such is the rapport you have with you audience and that’s why it’s such fun to attend your shows. I struck up a lengthy conversation with two fellows sitting on either side of me before you came out to play, it’s not too much an exaggeration to say the concert venue was like a gathering of friends.
Hello Christy,
I did it! And I got out alive!
Hawick is a beautiful town and it was great to meet Rory at long last, after knowing him for so long on here.
I’ll write a bit more in the morning, when I’ve got my breath back.
Rebecca
well done….
Wondering if I will get advance notice of Mr Moore’s gigs? My daughter is living in Dublin for the upcoming year, and it is a dream of mine to see Mr. Moore live. It appears all his gigs are completely sold out though.
I would plan on visiting in the winter/spring of 2024.
Thanks,
Mike
if you sign up for our newsletter you,or your daughter, will have advance notice of future gigs
Great gig in the Pavillion last night but jaysis it seemed some of the crowd were trying their hardest not to enjoy themselves! Lighten up, live the moment and sing along!
Thank You Sham…..gotta say I take a different view …..
from my perspective the audience were welcoming, responsive and appreciative…I could not have wished for more….
coming to a theatre like The Pavilion can be intimidating for some… I sensed a hesitancy during the opening song…I encouraged listeners to sing with me and the collective weighed in gloriously…. I sang 32 songs last night , I could not see the audience but I tell you Sham….I could sense their enthusiasm, involvement and participation…
If I get an encore I go home feeling like a king….
Hi christy, thanks for your kind words of encouragment for the festival.
Just a word on fellow irishman joshua burnside…magnificent…if you get a chance to see a show i would recommend it.
He wooed us all last night.
He also does a grand version of The cod liver oil and the orange juice, and is a big fan of big Hamish.
Rory
Thanks Rory….
“Out O the East
there came a hard man
Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh
Glory Hallelujah”
Howya Christy , that was a great gig tonight in the Pav even if you didn’t sing Little Musgrave , despite me shouting for it!🤪
I really enjoyed the whole vibe of the night , the serious stuff & the craic ….. you’re getting better with age.
So many of your songs have such deep meanings for me.
The Voyage , sung at our wedding & Ordinary Man played as my Dad’s coffin went to the big bonfire behind the curtain!
He worked in a factory for 40 plus years & it felt like the song was written for him.
Keep healthy, keep singing & keep her lit!
I’ve gotta spend some time with Little Musgrave….check out if I can rearrange a solo version…past versions have had beautiful musical interludes…be it with Planxty, The Companeros, The Trad Outfit or the original recording ( way back with Jimmy Faulkner, Kevin Burke, Donal Lunny, Declan McNelis circa 1976)…
Its a great old song
Once upon a time,way back….Planxty and Clannad were playing a Festival in Switzerland….afterwards there was a mad hooley in a hotel in Geneva….Musgrave was played with everyone tipping along..at the end Matt Molly went into a sweet gentle slow reel….one of those magic moments
Thanks Christy, for another great performance at the Pavilion tonight, it was very uplifting my wife and I really enjoyed it. I know I keep saying this but you seem to be getting better all the time.
thank you Oliver….its 12 hours hence and I’m still coming down from last night’s fun
Thank you for a wonderful gig tonight, Christy. Such a mixture of songs – some of which I’d not heard you sing live before – and fun, and emotions.
Cheers, Anne
Thank You Anne…. Betty has the country drenched and blown to bits…I hope you have a good visit…Thanks for your feedback
“I’ve been telling stories, singing songs
That make me think about where I come from
And that’s the reason why I seem
So far away today”