St. Patrick’s Day has reminded me of so many beautiful songs from Ireland that I thought today might be a nice time to share. Aileen Duinn (dark haired Alan) is a song about a woman who misses her man and would do anything to be with him. The Crow on the Cradle by Mary Black is a song of the troubles in Northern Ireland and is no less haunting.
How sorrowful I am
Early in the morning rising
I would go with you, Brown-haired Alan, ò hì, I would go with you
If your pillow is the sand
If your bed is the seaweed
I would go with you, Brown-haired Alan, ò hì, I would go with you
If the fish are your bright candles
If the seals are your watchmen
I would go with you, Brown-haired Alan, ò hì, I would go with you
I’ll end this with the late, great Liam Clancy singing Mary Ellen Carter, with his brief commentary.
Touching and evocative… They KNOW how to do music over there!
The Irish and Celtic peoples certainly have a way with song.
Ireland is a mixture of beautiful scenery, lasses, and music, all thrown against terrible fighting and death. All jokes aside about the drinking and stuff. they are a beautiful and hardy lot.
Irish. They make fine booze.
They excel at making it and consuming it.
They're good people.
"Rise and rise again." Cracking tune.
Tis mystical music for hardy souls…
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