Wednesday 30 March 2011

Day 10 - A song you fall asleep to


Going even further back in my childhood, I lived with my grandparents, Irish decendants but Irish to their core. They played the piano and the accordian and anytime we had friends and family round we owuld sing. I was raised on The Dubliners and The Clancy Brothers with Tommy Makem. I would fall asleep to the sound of their singing. It was a close call between this and the Black Velvet Band but as I searched for the sound of my childhood, this made me weep, so this is the one, for Frank and Mary McTominie, the heart and soul of my childhood, I owe you everything.
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  1. Laura30 March 2011 at 14:09

    They have an intresting sound.

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  2. auntiegwen30 March 2011 at 18:08

    I still know all the words to this :)

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  3. Looking for Blue Sky30 March 2011 at 20:14

    It reminds me of sitting in the bar on the old B&I boat with the singing heading over the Irish Sea to Dublin x

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  4. auntiegwen30 March 2011 at 23:28

    LFBS - I have a deep and abiding love for Ireland, I feel very Celtic, born a Scot but with Irish roots that mean so much to me. xx

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