11-17-2004, 09:02 PM | #381 |
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Led Zepplin Ramble On
Leaves are falling all around, It's time I was on my way. Thanks to you, I'm much obliged For such a pleasant stay. But now it's time for me to go, The autumn moon lights my way. For now I smell the rain, And with it pain, And it's headed my way . Ah, sometimes I grow so tired, But I know I've got one thing I got to do, Ramble On, And now's the time, the time is now To sing my song. I'm goin' 'round the world, I got to find my girl, on my way. I've been this way ten years to the day, Ramble On, Gotta find the queen of all my dreams. Got no time to for spreadin' roots, The time has come to be gone. And tho' our health we drank a thousand times, It's time to Ramble On. Ramble On, And now's the time, the time is now To sing my song. I'm goin' 'round the world, I got to find my girl, on my way. I've been this way ten years to the day, Ramble On, Gotta find the queen of all my dreams. I ain't tellin' no lie. Mine's a tale that can't be told, My freedom I hold dear; How years ago in days of old When magic filled the air, T'was in the darkest depths of Mordor I met a girl so fair, But Gollum, and the evil one crept up And slipped away with her. Her, her....yea. Ain't nothing I can do, no. Ramble On, And now's the time, the time is now To sing my song. I'm goin' 'round the world, I got to find my girl, on my way. I've been this way ten years to the day, Ramble On, Gotta find the queen of all my dreams. Gonna ramble on, sing my song Gotta keep-a-searchin' for my baby... Gonna work my way, round the world I can't stop this feelin' in my heart Gotta keep searchin' for my baby I can't find my bluebird! I'd listen to my bluebird sing but I can't find my blue bird A-keep-a ramblin' baby... |
11-17-2004, 09:04 PM | #382 |
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Pink Floyd The Trial
Good morning, the worm, your honour, The crown will plainly show, The prisoner who now stands before you, Was caught red-handed showing feelings. Showing feelings of an almost human nature. This will not do. Call the schoolmaster! I always said he’d come to no good, In the end, your honour. If they’d let me have my way, I could have flayed him into shape. But my hands were tied. The bleeding hearts and artists, Let him get away with murder. Let me hammer him today. Crazy. Toys in the attic, I am crazy. Truly gone fishing. They must have taken my marbles away. (crazy. toys in the attic, he is crazy.) You little ****, you’re in it now. I hope they throw away the key. You should’ve talked to me more often than you did. But no! you had to go your own way. Have you broken any homes up lately? Just five minutes, worm, your honour, Him and me alone. Baaaaaabe! Come to mother, baby. Let me hold you in my arms. M’lord, I never meant for him to get in any trouble. Why’d he ever have to leave me? Worm, your honour, let me take him home. Crazy. Over the rainbow, I am crazy. Bars in the window. There must have been a door there in the wall. For when I came in. . . (crazy. over the rainbow, he is crazy.) The evidence before the court is incontravertible. There’s no need for the jury to retire. In all my years of judging I have never heard before, Of someone more deserving of the full penalty of the law. The way you made them suffer, Your exquisite wife and mother, Fills me with the urge to deficate! -- no, judge, the jury! Since, my friend, you have revealed your deepest fear, I sentence you to be exposed before your peers. Tear down the wall! |
11-30-2004, 07:19 PM | #383 |
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REM:
"I Wanted To Be Wrong" You know where I come from You know what I feel You're Yul Brenner Westworld Reporting from the field. I threw it into reverse, Made a motion to repeal. You kicked my legs from under me, And tried to take the wheel. I told you I wanted to be wrong, But everyone is humming a song That I don't understand. Now I know that the sun has shined on my side of the street. The basket of America, the weevils and the wheat. The milk and honeyed congregation, scrubbed and apple-cheeked Salute Apollo 13 from the rattle jewelry seats. Mythology's seductive and it turned a trick on me That I have just begun to understand. I told you I wanted to be wrong, But everyone is humming a song That I don't understand. The rodeo is staged, gold circle goat-ropers and clowns. A rumble in the third act, tie 'em up and burn 'em down. We're armed to the teeth, born a little breech; Blue-plate special analysts, cells and SUV's We can't approach the Allies 'cause they seem a little peeved And speak a language we don't understand. I told you I wanted to be wrong But everyone is humming a song That I don't understand. (Prop up The Omega Man, we're primed for victory, God gave us the upper hand, there's honor among thieves. Temper it with arrogance, a dash of sad conceit. The top's down on the T-Bird, we're the children of the free) Storm into the boardroom of the conquering elite. Did you recognize the madman who is shouting in the streets? Destroy the things that I don't understand Destroy the things that I don't understand.
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11-30-2004, 08:35 PM | #384 |
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I'd take a Simon and Garfunkel song.
Scarborough Fair (btw, if you haven't heard it, or this version, the words in parentheses are somewhat interwoven with the ones immediately preceding them. Taken together... it's awfully haunting, IMO) Are you going to Scarborough Fair? Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme Remember me to one who lives there She once was a true love of mine Tell her to make me a cambric shirt (On the side of a hill in the deep forest green) Parsely, sage, rosemary and thyme (Tracing a sparrow on snow-crested ground) Without no seams nor needlework (Blankets and bedclothes a child of the mountains) Then she'll be a true love of mine (Sleeps unaware of the clarion call) Tell her to find me an acre of land (On the side of a hill, a sprinkling of leaves) Parsely, sage, rosemary, and thyme (Washed is the ground with so many tears) Between the salt water and the sea strand (A soldier cleans and polishes a gun) Then she'll be a true love of mine Tell her to reap it in a sickle of leather (War bellows, blazing in scarlet battalions) Parsely, sage, rosemary and thyme (Generals order their soldiers to kill) And to gather it all in a bunch of heather (And to fight for a cause they've long ago forgotten) Then she'll be a true love of mine Are you going to Scarborough Fair? Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme Remember me to one who lives there She once was a true love of mine
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12-01-2004, 06:51 PM | #385 |
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one more (which brings back memories.. ): It takes a Fool to remain sane by The Ark;
Whatever happened to the funky race? A generation lost in pace, Wasn´t life supposed to be more than this? In this kiss I´ll change your bore for my bliss But let go of my hand and it will slip out in the sand if you don´t give me the chance to break down the walls of attitude, I ask nothing of you not even your gratitude And if you think I´m corny then it will not make me sorry it´s your right to laugh at me and in turn, that´s my oppurtunity to feel brave 'Cause it takes a fool to remain sane It takes a fool to remain sane It takes a fool to remain sane In this world all covered up in shame Every morning I would see her getting off the bus the picture never drops it´s like a multicoloured snapshot stuck in my brain it kept me sane for a couple of years as it drenched my fears of becoming like the others who become unhappy mothers and fathers of unhappy kids And why is that? ´Cause they´ve forgotten how to play maybe they´re afraid to feel ashamed to seem strange to seem insane to seem gay to gain weight - I tell you this: That it takes a fool to remain sane It takes a fool to remain sane It takes a fool to remain sane In this world all covered up in shame (-Oh, take it to the stage!) So, take it to the stage in a multicoloured jacket take it jackpot, crackpot, strutting like a peacock nailvarnish Arkansas shimmy-shammy featherboah crackpot haircut dye your hair in glowing red and blue, -Do, Do, Do! What you wanna do, Don´t think twice, do what you have to do, Do, Do, Do, let your heart decide what you have to do that´s all there is to find Cause it takes a fool to remain sane, Oh,It takes a fool to remain sane It takes a fool to remain sane In this world all covered up in shame It takes a fool to remain sane, It takes a fool to remain sane It takes a fool to remain sane In this world all covered up in shame. Listen to a bit of it here!
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12-07-2004, 08:28 PM | #386 |
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Jokerman by Bob Dylan
Standing on the water, casting your bread
While the eyes of the idol with the iron head are glowing Distant ships sailing into the mist You were born with a snake in both of your fists while a hurricane was blowing Freedom just around the corner for you But with truth so far off, what good will it do. Jokerman dance to the nightingale tune Bird fly high by the light of the moon Oh, oh, oh, Jokerman. So swiftly the sun sets in the sky You rise up and say goodbye to no one Fools rush in where angels fear to tread Both of their futures, so full of dread, you don't show one Shedding off one more layer of skin Keeping one step ahead of the persecutor within. Jokerman dance to the nightingale tune Bird fly high by the light of the moon Oh, oh, oh, Jokerman. You're a man of the mountain, you can walk on the clouds Manipulator of crowds, you're a dream twister You're going to Sodom and Gomorrah But what do you care ? Ain't nobody there would want marry your sister Friend to the martyr, a friend to the woman of shame You look into the fiery furnace, see the rich man without any name. Jokerman dance to the nightingale tune Bird fly high by the light of the moon Oh, oh, oh, Jokerman. Well, the Book of Leviticus and Deuteronomy The law of the jungle and the sea are your only teachers In the smoke of the twilight on a milk-white steed Michelangeo indeed could've carved out your features Resting in the fields, far from the turbulent space Half asleep near the stars with a small dog licking your face. Jokerman dance to the nightingale tune Bird fly high by the light of the moon Oh, oh, oh, Jokerman. Well, the rifleman's stalking the sick and the lame Preacherman seeks the same, who'll get there first is uncertain Nightsticks and water cannons, tear gas, padlocks Molotow cocktails and rocks behind every curtain False-hearted judges dying in the webs that they spin Only a matter of time 'til the night comes stepping in. Jokerman dance to the nightingale tune Bird fly high by the light of the moon Oh, oh, oh, Jokerman. It's a shadowy world, skies are slippery gray A woman just gave birth to a prince today and dressed him in scarlet He'll put the priest in his pocket, put the blade to the heat Take the motherless children off the street And place them at the feet of a harlot Oh, Jokerman, you know what he wants Oh, Jokerman, you don't show any response. Jokerman dance to the nightingale tune Bird fly high by the light of the moon Oh, oh, oh, Jokerman.
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12-07-2004, 09:32 PM | #387 |
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Electric Light Orchestra - Sweet Talkin' Woman
WHERE DID YOU GO?
I was searchin' SEARCHIN' on a one-way street, I was hopin' HOPIN' for a chance to meet. I was waitin' for the operator on the line. SHE'S GONE SO LONG What can I do? WHERE COULD SHE BE? No no no, don't know what I'm gonna do, I gotta get back to you. You gotta slow down SLOW DOWN sweet talkin' woman SLOW DOWN You got me runnin' RUN RUN you got me searchin'. Hold on HOLD ON sweet talkin' lover HOLD ON It's so sad if that's the way it's over. I was WALKIN' many days go by, I was thinkin' THINKIN' 'bout the lonely nights. Communication breakdown all around. SHE'S GONE SO LONG What can I do? WHERE COULD SHE BE? No no no, don't know what I'm gonna do, I gotta get back to you. You gotta slow down SLOW DOWN sweet talkin' woman SLOW DOWN You got me runnin' RUN RUN you got me searchin'. Hold on HOLD ON sweet talkin' lover HOLD ON It's so sad if that's the way it's over. I've been livin' LIVIN' on a dead end street, I've been askin' ASKIN' KINDLY everybody I meet. Insufficient data coming through. SHE'S GONE SO LONG What can I do? WHERE COULD SHE BE? No no no, don't know what I'm gonna do, I gotta get back to you. Oh, slow down SLOW DOWN sweet talkin' woman SLOW DOWN You got me runnin' RUN RUN you got me searchin'. Hold on HOLD ON sweet talkin' lover HOLD ON It's so sad if that's the way it's over. Slow down SLOW DOWN sweet talkin' woman SLOW DOWN You got me runnin', you got me searchin'. Hold on HOLD ON sweet talkin' lover HOLD ON It's so sad if that's the way it's over. Slow down SLOW DOWN sweet talkin' woman SLOW DOWN You got me runnin', you got me searchin'. Hold on HOLD ON sweet talkin' lover HOLD ON It's so sad if that's the way it's over.
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12-07-2004, 09:59 PM | #388 |
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GET DOWN, MAKE LOVE - NINE INCH NAILS
Get down make love Get down make love Get down make love Get down make love - You take my body - I give you heat You say your hungry I give you meat I suck your mind You blow my head Make love - Inside your bed - everybody get down make love, Get down make love - Get down make love Get down make love - Everytime I get hot You wanna cool down Everytime I get high You say you wanna come down You say its enough In fact its too much. Everytime I get a - Get down, get down, Make love - I can squeeze - You can shake me I can feel - when you break me Come on so heavy - when you take me - You make love, you make love, you make love, you make love You can make everybody get down make love, Get down make love Everytime I get high You wanna cool down Everytime I get hot You say you wanna come down You say its enough In fact its too much Everytime I wanna, get down, get down get down - Get down make love Get down make love Get down make love Get down make love
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12-09-2004, 01:09 PM | #389 |
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Jefferson Airplane - Come Up The Years
Come Up The Years by Jefferson Airplane
(Marty Balin/Paul Kantner) I oughta get goin' I shouldn't stay here and love you More than I do 'Cause you're so much younger than I am Come up the years Come up the years And love me, love me, love me A younger girl keeps hangin' around One of the loveliest I've ever found Blowin' my mind, stealin' my heart Somebody help me 'fore I fall apart I oughta get goin' I shouldn't stay here and love you More than I do 'Cause you're so much younger than I am Come up the years Come up the years And love me, love me, love me The things she's doin' keep turnin' me on And I've been happy to go right along I know it's time that I said good-bye I know I can't leave no matter how hard I try I oughta get goin' I shouldn't stay here and love you More than I do 'Cause you're so much younger than I am Come up the years Come up the years And love me, love me, love me.......
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12-09-2004, 08:51 PM | #390 |
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Hallelujah by Jeff Buckley
Well I heard there was a secret chord
that David played and it pleased the Lord But you don't really care for music, do ya? Well it goes like this : The fourth, the fifth, the minor fall and the major lift The baffled king composing Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah... Well your faith was strong but you needed proof You saw her bathing on the roof Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew ya And she tied you to her kitchen chair She broke your throne and she cut your hair And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah... (Yeah but) Baby I've been here before I've seen this room and I've walked this floor, (You know) I used to live alone before I knew ya And I've seen your flag on the marble arch and love is not a victory march It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah... Well there was a time when you let me know What's really going on below But now you never show that to me do ya But remember when I moved in you And the holy dove was moving too And every breath we drew was Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah... Maybe there's a God above But all I've ever learned from love Was how to shoot somebody who outdrew ya It's not a cry that you hear at night It's not somebody who's seen the light It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah… Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelu... Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallellllluuuuuuuujjjaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh...Hallel llluuuuuujjaaaaaaaaaahhhh
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INTO MY ARMS - NICK CAVE I don't believe in an interventionist God But I know, darling, that you do But if I did I would kneel down and ask Him Not to intervene when it came to you Not to touch a hair on your head To leave you as you are if He felt He had to direct you Then direct you into my arms Into my arms, O Lord Into my arms, O Lord Into my arms, O Lord Into my arms And I don't believe in the existence of angels But looking at you I wonder if that's true But if I did I would summon them together And ask them to watch over you Or to each burn a candle for you To make bright and clear your path And to walk, like Christ, in grace and love And guide you into my arms Into my arms, O Lord Into my arms, O Lord Into my arms, O Lord Into my arms But I believe in Love And I know that you do too And I believe in some kind of path Where we can walk down, me and you So keep your candles burning And make a journey bright and pure That you'll keep returning Always and evermore Into my arms, O Lord Into my arms, O Lord Into my arms, O Lord Into my arms
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12-10-2004, 03:01 PM | #392 |
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trite?
I'd swear I was in church in here....
Enough trite. ---------------------------------------------------------- The Album: The Byrds - Notorious Byrd Brothers Columbia Records 1968 The song: Goin´ Back (G.Goffin/C.King) I think I´m going back to the things that I learned so well in my youth I think I´m returning to those days when I was young enough to know the truth Now there are no games to only pass the time No more electric trains, no more trees to climb But thinking young and growing older is no sin And I can play the game of life to win I can recall the time when I wasn´t ashamed to reach out to a friend Now I think I´ve got a lot more than just my toys to lend Now there´s more to do than watch my sailboat glide And every day can be a magic carpet ride A little bit of courage is all we lack So catch me if you can, I´m goin´ back Now there´s more to do than watch my sailboat glide But every day can be a magic carpet ride A little bit of courage is all we lack So catch me if you can, I´m goin´ back
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Stagger Lee - Nick Cave It was back in '32 when times were hard He had a Colt .45 and a deck of cards Stagger Lee He wore rat-drawn shoes and an old stetson hat Had a '28 Ford, had payments on that Stagger Lee His woman threw him out in the ice and snow And told him, "Never ever come back no more" Stagger Lee So he walked through the rain and he walked through the mud Till he came to a place called The Bucket Of Blood Stagger Lee He said "Mr Mother****er, you know who I am" The barkeeper said, "No, and I don't give a good goddamn" To Stagger Lee He said, "Well bartender, it's plain to see I'm that bad mother****er called Stagger Lee" Mr. Stagger Lee Barkeep said, "Yeah, I've heard your name down the way And I kick mother****ing asses like you every day" Mr Stagger Lee Well those were the last words that the barkeep said 'Cause Stag put four holes in his mother****ing head Just then in came a broad called Nellie Brown Was known to make more money than any bitch in town She struts across the bar, hitching up her skirt Over to Stagger Lee, she starts to flirt With Stagger Lee She saw the barkeep, said, "O God, he can't be dead!" Stag said, "Well, just count the holes in the mother****er's head" She said, "You ain't look like you scored in quite a time. Why not come to my pad? It won't cost you a dime" Mr. Stagger Lee "But there's something I have to say before you begin You'll have to be gone before my man Billy Dilly comes in, Mr. Stagger Lee" "I'll stay here till Billy comes in, till time comes to pass And furthermore I'll **** Billy in his mother****ing ass" Said Stagger Lee "I'm a bad mother****er, don't you know And I'll crawl over fifty good p*****'s just to get one fat boy's a******" Said Stagger Lee Just then Billy Dilly rolls in and he says, "You must be That bad mother****er called Stagger Lee" Stagger Lee "Yeah, I'm Stagger Lee and you better get down on your knees And suck my ****, because If you don't you're gonna be dead" Said Stagger Lee Billy dropped down and slobbered on his **** And Stag filled him full of lead Oh yeah.
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01-26-2005, 09:22 PM | #394 |
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How come this thread slipped?
oh well, The Sacrament, by HIM I hear you breathe so far from here I feel your touch so close and real And I know my church is not of silver and gold Its glory lies beyond judgment of souls The commandments are of consolation and warmth You know our sacred dream won’t fail The sanctuary tender and so frail The sacrament of love The sacrament of warmth is true The sacrament is you I hear you weep so far from here I taste your tears like you’re next to me And I know my weak prayers are not enough to heal The ancient wounds so deep and so dear The revelation is of hatred and fear |
01-27-2005, 03:27 PM | #395 |
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Give me some loving by The Spencer Davies Group
(Awesome tune) Hey! Well my temperature's rising and my feet on the floor Twenty people rockin' and there wanna go more Let me in baby, i don't know what you've got But you'd better take it easy, this place is hot So glad we made it So glad we made it You gotta Gimme some lovin' (gimme some lovin') Gimme some lovin' (gimme gimme some lovin') Gimme some lovin' Everyday Hey hey Hey! Well i feel so good, everything is sellin' high You'd better take it ease cause the place is on fire It's been a hard day and i don't know what to do We made it baby and it happened to you And i'm So glad we made it So glad we made it You gotta Gimme some lovin' (gimme some lovin') Gimme some lovin' (gimme gimme some lovin') Gimme some lovin' Everyday |
01-27-2005, 03:46 PM | #396 |
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Breath ~ Pink Floyd
Breathe, breathe in the air Don't be afraid to care Leave but don't leave me Look around and chose your own ground For long you live and high you fly And smiles you'll give and tears you'll cry And all you touch and all you see Is all your life will ever be Run, run rabbit run Dig that hole, forget the sun, And when at last the work is done Don't sit down it's time to start another one For long you live and high you fly But only if you ride the tide And balanced on the biggest wave You race toward an early grave.
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01-27-2005, 11:26 PM | #397 |
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Sarah Brightman, Anytime, Anywhere
Strade son' cambiate. / Faccie son' diverse. / Era la mia cittÃ*. / Non la conosco più. / La ora io sono solo un' estranea / Senza patria. I remember you were there. / Any one emotion. / Any true devotion. / Anytime, anywhere. Case son' cambiate. / Voci son' diverse. / Era la mia cittÃ*. / Non la conosco più. / La ora io sono solo un' estranea / Senza patria. I remember you were there. / Any one emotion. / Any true devotion. / Anytime, anywhere. Tanti, anni son' passati. / Vite son' cambiate. / Era la mia cittÃ*. / Non la conosco più. / E ora io sono solo un' estranea / Senza patria.
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01-27-2005, 11:39 PM | #398 |
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Rufus Wainwright, Harvester of Hearts
if a person should ever like a person, then a person should like you.... being that i’m only just a person, what would you do? if a person should ever like a person, a person should like me.... being that you’re only just a person, it must be. still, i find it hard to get an answer from the harvester of hearts i always find it hard to get an answer from the harvester of hearts if a person should ever like a person how funny that would be if a person should ever like me not that i have that much to offer, god knows i have so much to gain from the harvester of hearts from the harvester of pain if a person should ever like a person then a person should be free free to like whomever that they want to even though it aint me not that i have that much to offer god knows i have so much to gain from the harvester of hearts from the harvester of pain |
02-02-2005, 11:23 AM | #399 |
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This song was written of the Potato Famine in Ireland. I love the despair in the father's verses- the feeling of sorrow and pain is very evident in the song, especially when you hear it sung.
Skibbereen trad. O Father dear I oft times hear you talk of Erin's Isle Her lofty scenes and valleys green, her mountains rude and wild They say it is a pretty place, wherein a prince might dwel O why did you abandon it? the reason to me tell. O son I loved my native land with energy and pride 'Til a blight came over all my crops, my sheep and cattle died The rent and taxes were so high, I could not them redeem And that's the cruel reason why I left old Skibbereen 'Tis well I do remember that bleak December day The landlord and the sheriff came to drive us all away They set my roof on fire with their demon yellow spleen And that's another reason why I left old Skibbereen Your mother too, God rest her soul, fell on the snowy ground She fainted in her anguish seeing the desolation round She never rose but passed away from life to mortal dream She found a quiet grave, my boy, in dear old Skibbereen And you were only two years old and feeble was your frame I could not leave you with your friends, you bore your father's name I wrapped you in my cota mor at the dead of the night unseen And I heaved a sigh and I said goodbye to dear old Skibereen O, father dear the day will come when on vengeance we will call And Irishmen both stout and tall will rally unto the call I'll be the man to lead the band beneath the flag of green And loud and high we'll raise the cry: "Revenge for Skibereen"
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02-02-2005, 11:40 AM | #400 |
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my sister used to live in skibbereen, when she was working as a chef
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