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SO LA LADIES, TODAY WE HAVE SHEILA NUNAN WITH US.
SOME OF YOU HAVE HEARD HER BEFORE.
UM, BUT TO ME SHE HAS THE VOICE OF AN ANGEL.
AND, UH, SO I THINK YOU ARE REALLY GONNA ENJOY IT.
IT'S JUST SO RELAXING AND JUST BEAUTIFUL AND SING ALONG.
GOSH, I HOPE I DO OKAY NOW,
UM, IF YOU'RE IRISH, RAISE YOUR HAND.
IF YOU JUST WISH YOU WERE IRISH, RAISE YOUR HAND.
ALRIGHT, SO, UM, THERE ARE SHEETS IN FRONT OF YOU, UM, FOR A MEDLEY THAT I'M GONNA DO, SORT OF LIKE SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SET.
BUT IF YOU FEEL LIKE SINGING OR YOU KNOW THE WORDS TO ANYTHING THAT I'M SINGING, PLEASE SING NICE AND LOUD AND BRIGHT.
DON'T LEAVE ME UP HERE ON MY OWN.
SO, UM, I'M GONNA, WHILE YOU'RE HAVING YOUR TEA OR THE LAST OF YOUR TEA, OH, HOLD ON A SECOND.
UH, I'M JUST GONNA SING A COUPLE OF, UM, THEY'RE CALLED KAMAL.
UH, THEY'RE JUST SONGS THAT ARE SUNG IN IN SOME OF THE LOCAL PUBS.
THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, STORIES ABOUT HISTORY.
UM, THIS FIRST SONG IS CALLED SPANEL HILL.
AND UH, IT'S KIND OF COOL 'CAUSE IT'S, UH, I'D IMAGINE WHAT A LOT OF THE IMMIGRANTS FELT OR HAD THE EXPERIENCE OF WHEN THEY FIRST CAME OUT HERE.
AND, UM, IT WASN'T AS EASY AS GETTING ON A CELL PHONE OR FACETIMING.
YOU KNOW, A LETTER WOULD TAKE FOREVER AND SOMETIMES YOU NEVER SAW THE PEOPLE THAT YOU LOVED.
AGAIN, YOU KNOW, WE IRISH, WE LOVE MISERY
WE DO WRITE BEAUTIFULLY ABOUT IT THOUGH.
SO THIS IS, UM, SPANEL HILL LAST NIGHT, DREAMING A PLEASANT DAYS GONE BY MY MIND, UN INTO IRELAND.
I STEPPED ON BOARD A VISION AND I FOLLOWED WITH THE WIND TILL AT LAST.
I CAME TO AT THE CROSS AT HILL, BEING ON THE 23RD OF JUNE, THE DAY BEFORE THE WHEN AND ANDS ASSEMBLE THERE, THE YOUNG BRAVE AND FULFILL THE CHURCH NEAR CLOY, A MILE FROM SPAN HILL.
I WENT TO SEE MY NEIGHBORS, TO SEE WHAT THEY MIGHT SAY.
THE OLD ONES WERE ALL DEAD AND GONE.
THE YOUNG ONES TURNED IN GRAY.
HE'S AS BOLD AS EVER, STILL SURE.
WHEN I LIVED ATEL HILL, I PLAYED A FLYING VISIT TO MY FIRST AND ONLY LOVE.
SHE'S AS WIDE AS AND GENTLE AS A DOVE.
SHE THREW HER ARMS AROUND ME SAYING, JOHNNY, I LOVE YOU STILL.
AH, SHE'S N THE FARMER'S DAUGHTER.
I DREAMT, I HELD AND I KISSED HER AS IN THE DAYS OF YOUR, SHE SAID, JOHNNY, YOUR AS MANY THE TIMES BEFORE THE C**K.
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I WOKE IN C MANY MILES FROM STANDS.DO YOU, UH, Y'ALL KNOW WHISKEY IN THE JAR? NO.
I FEEL LIKE YOU CAN REALLY HEAR ME BREATHING ON THIS MIC.
CAN'T YOU? I'M TRYING TO STAY AWAY FROM IT A LITTLE BIT.
AS I WAS GOING OVER THE FL CARRY MOUNTAINS, I MET WITH CAPTAIN FARRELL AND HIS MONEY, HE WAS COUNTING I FIRST MY PISTOLS THEN PRODUCE MY RAP.
YOU SAYING STAND AND DELIVER FOR YOU'RE A BOLD CE
ALL RIGHT, SO THAT'LL BE YOUR PART RIGHT WITH THE RING.
LA WACKO THE DANIO WACK FO THE DANIO THERE WHISKEY IN JAR.
I COUNTED OUT HIS MONEY AND IT MADE A PRETTY PENNY.
I PUT IT IN MY POCKET AND I BROUGHT IT HOME TO CHA.
SHE SIGHED AND SHE SWORE THAT SHE NEVER WOULD BETRAY ME.
BUT THE DEVIL TAKE THE WOMEN AND FALL AND NEVER COUNTED.
EASY MUSHER WACK FO THE DADDY.
I WENT INTO MY CHAMBERS FOR, TO TAKE A SLUMBER.
I DREAMT OF GOLDEN JEWELS AND FOR SURE IT WAS NO WONDER.
JENNY TOOK MY CHARGES AND SHE FILLED THEM UP WITH WATER.
AND SHE SENT FOR CAPTAIN FARRELL TO BE READY FOR THE SLAUGHTER.
ALL RIGHT, GIVE IT ANOTHER GOOD BANG.
THERE'S WHISKEY IN THE JAR WITH ME.
RING WACK THE DADDY WACK THE DADDY.
IT WAS EARLY IN THE MORNING BEFORE I ROSE TO TRAVEL UP.
AND LIKEWISE, CAPTAIN FARRELL.
I FIRST PRODUCED MY ER THEN PRODUCE MY RAPPI.
SO A PRISONER, I BECAME THEIR MA.
IF ANYONE CAN AID ME, IT'S MY BROTHER IN THE RV.
IF I CAN FIND HIS STATION, BE IT COR IN KILLARNEY AND THERE WE'LL GO ROMAN.
ALL AROUND K CAN HE? AND I KNOW HE'LL TREAT ME BETTER THAN MY POOR MISGUIDED JENNY MU I WACK THE DADDY.
THIS WHISKEY IN THE JAR WITH ME.
THANK YOU FOR SINGING THAT WITH ME.
ALL RIGHT, WELL, I DON'T KNOW, UH, UH, UM, SORRY.
SOMEBODY ATE MY GUITAR? WHAT DO YOU MEAN,
ALL RIGHT, WELL THAT'S OBSERVANT
UM, OKAY, SO I'M GONNA RATE YOU ON THAT SINGING.
SO THIS IS ONE YOU DEFINITELY KNOW, AND I'M GONNA NEED YOU TO SING WITH ME FOR THIS.
IN DUBLIN'S CITY, WHERE THE GIRLS ARE SO PRETTY, I FIRST SET MY EYES ON SWEET MOLLY MALONE.
SHE WHEELED HER WHEELBARROW THROUGH STREETS, BROUGHT IN CRYING, COCKLES AND BUSTLES.
ALIVE, ALIVE, ALIVE, ALIVE, ALIVE, ALIVE.
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SHE WAS A FISHMONGER.AND SURE IT WAS NO WONDER FOR.
SO HER FATHER AND MOTHER, BEFORE THEY BOTH WHEELED THEIR BURROWS THROUGH STREETS, BROUGHT IN A ROW, CRYING.
ALIVE, ALIVE, ALIVE, ALIVE, ALIVE.
ALL RIGHT, LET'S GET A LITTLE BRAVER.
O SHE DIED OF A FEVER AND NO ONE COULD SAVE HER.
AND THAT WAS THE END OF SWEET MOLLY MALONE.
BUT HER GHOST WHEELS ARE BARROW THROUGH STREETS, SPREAD IN NARROW, CRYING COCKLES AND MUSCLES.
ALIVE, O ALIVE, ALIVE, ALIVE, ALIVE.
O CRYING, COCKLES AND MUSCLES.
CRYING COCKLES AND MUSCLES ALIVE.
GIVE YOURSELVES A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
I BELIEVE IN YOU, PARTICULARLY YOU.
'CAUSE I SEE YOU SINGING EVERYTHING
SHE LOOKED SO SWEET WITH HER TWO BARE FEET IN THE SHEEN OF HER NUT BROWN HAIR.
I SHOOK MYSELF
AND FROM GALWAY TO DUBLIN TOWN, NO MAID.
I'VE SEEN LIKE THE FAIR COLLEEN, THAT I'M MAD IN THE COUNTY DOWN AS ONWARD SPED.
SHE SHOOK MY HEAD WITH A FEELING.
AND HE SAYS, SAYS, I DO A PASSERBY.
WHO'S YOUR ONE WITH THE NUT BROWN HAIR? HE SMILED AT ME AND HE SAID, SAID HE.
SHE'S THE JAM OF OLD IRELAND'S CROWN.
ROSIE MCGANN FROM THE BANKS OF THE BAND.
SHE'S A STAR OF THE COUNTY DOWN AT THE HARVEST FAIR.
AND I'LL DRESS IN MY SUNDAY CLOTHES WITH MY HAT C**K DRIED.
AND MY, THE NOSE ROUND ROSE NO HORSE.
READY? SOMETIMES IT JUST COMES TOO FAST.
AND SINCE IT'S SEASONAL, I ONLY DRAG IT OUT EVERY
HERE I GO AT THE HARVEST FAIR.
AND I'LL DRESS IN MY SUNDAY CLOTHES WITH MY HAT COCKED RIGHT? AND MY SHOES SHINE BRIGHT WITH A SMILE FOR THE NUT.
I'LL SMOKE IN MY CREW, TURNS TO ANOTHER BROWN TILL BY MY SIDE IS MY FAITHFUL BRIDE IN THE, AH, THAT'S A HARD ONE TO BUY BY.
MY FIRESIDE IS MY FAITHFUL BRIDE IN THE ONE WITH THE NUT BROWN ROSE FROM BANTERY BAY ONTO DAIRY KAY.
AND FROM GAL THE WAY TO DUBLIN TOWN.
NO, MA, I'VE SEEN LIKE THE BROWN COLLINE THAT I MET IN THE COUNTY TOWN FROM BANTRY BAY ONTO DAIRY KAY.
AND FROM GALWAY TO DUBLIN TOWN.
I'VE SEEN LIKE THE FAIR COLLEEN THAT I MET IN THE COUNTY DOWN.
SORRY, THAT WAS A HARD ONE TO GET THROUGH.
UH, HOW ABOUT THE WILD ROVER? YOU FAMILIAR WITH THAT? AND IT'S NO NAY NEVER.
WELL, I'LL PLAY THE WILD ROVER ONE.
CAN WE TRY THAT ONE MORE TIME? AND IT'S NO NAY NEVER NO NAY, NEVER NO MORE.
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UM, OH, GIMME ONE SECOND.I'VE BEEN WILD ROVER FOR MANY EASY HERE.
AND I SPENT ALL MY MONEY ON WHISKEY AND BEER.
AND NOW I AM RETURNING WITH GOLDEN GREAT STORE.
AND I NEVER WILL PLAY THE WILD ROVE AND NO MORE.
AND IT IS SNOW NEVER, NO NAY, NEVER NO MORE.
WELL, I'LL PLAY THE WILD ROVER.
ALL RIGHT, WE'RE JUST GONNA PRACTICE IT ONE MORE TIME.
THEY NEVER NO, THEY NEVER NO MORE.
WELL I'LL PLAY THE WILD ROVER.
ALL RIGHT, EVERYBODY READY NOW WE'RE GONNA GET INTO IT.
SO I'LL MAKE THIS A LITTLE BIT MORE RUCKUS.
I'VE BEEN TO WILD ROVER FOR MANY AND I SPENT ALL MY MONEY ON WHISKEY AND BEER.
AND NOW I AM RETURNING WITH GOLDEN GREAT STORE.
AND I NEVER WILL PLAY THE WILD ROVE AND NO MORE.
AND IT'S NO NAME, NEVER NO NAY, NEVER NO MORE.
WELL I'LL PLAY THE WILD ROVER.
I USED TO FREQUENT AND I TOLD THE LANDLADY MY MONEY WAS SPENT.
I ASKED HER FOR CREDIT, SHE ANSWERED ME NAY.
WELL, I TOOK FROM MY POCKET, 10 SOVEREIGNS BRIGHT.
AND THE LANDLADY'S EYES OPENED WIDE WITH DELIGHTS.
SHE SAID, I HAVE WHISKEYS, WINES OF THE BEST.
AND THE WORDS THAT I SAID, THEY WERE ONLY EST.
AND IT'S NO NAY, NEVER NO NAY, NEVER NO MORE.
WELL I'LL PLAY THE WILD ROVER.
I'LL GO BACK TO MY PARENTS, CONFESS WHAT I HAVE DONE, AND I'LL ASK THEM TO PARDON THEIR PRODIGAL SON.
AND IF THEY CARESS ME IS ALL TIMES BEFORE.
WELL, I NEVER WILL PLAY THE WILD ROVER NO MORE.
AND IT'S NO NAY, NEVER NO NAY, NEVER NO MORE.
AND IT'S NO NAY, NEVER NO NAY, NEVER NO MORE.
WELL I'LL PLAY THE WILD ROVER.
UM, IT WOULDN'T BE ST PATRICK'S DAY IF I DIDN'T DO THIS.
UH, IT'S A LITTLE SAD, BUT IT'S KNOWN THE WORLD OVER, KNOWN THE WORLD OVER.
IT'S AN IRISH SONG THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, SOME IRISH SONGS.
YOU SAY, OH, DO YOU KNOW THE STAR OF THE COUNTY DOWN? PEOPLE HAVE NEVER HEARD IT.
THIS IS A SONG THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE IRISH TO KNOW.
EVERYBODY EQUATES THIS WITH IRISH PEOPLE.
OH, DANNY BOY, THE PIPES, THE PIPE ARE CALLING
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FROM GLEN TO GLEN AND DOWN THE MOUNTAINSIDE, THE SUMMER'S GONE AND ALL THE ROSE IS DYING.YOU, YOU MUST GO AND D MUST BUY, BUT CALM YOU BACK WHEN IN THE MIDDLE OR WHEN AND WHITE WITH SNOW BE HERE IN SUNSHINE OR IN SHADOW.
SO, AND WHEN YOU COME AND ALL THE ROSE IS DYING AM DEAD, I'LL MAYBE YOU'LL COME AND FIND THE PLACE.
SWEAR, LYING AND KNEEL AND SAY, AND ARE THEY THEY FOR ME? AND I SHALL HE SOFT YOU TREAD OF ME AND OR MY GRAVE WILL SWEET.
AND YOU WILL NEED TELL ME THAT YOU LOVE ME AND I SHALL SLEEP IN PEACE UNTO YOU.
I'M GONNA TEST YOU A LITTLE BIT.
UH, NORMALLY I'LL GIVE YOU A A LITTLE BACKGROUND, UM, ABOUT ME.
MY, UH, MY FATHER WAS, UM, A FAMOUS IRISH MUSICIAN.
UH, HE CAME TO AMERICA, UM, WHEN HE WAS 13 YEARS OLD.
AND HE STARTED PLAYING IN NEW YORK CITY CENTER WHEN HE WAS 16 YEARS OLD.
UM, AND BY THE TIME, I DON'T KNOW, HE WAS 23, HE WAS TRAVELING ALL OVER THE WORLD.
UM, YOU KNOW, WITH HIS IRISH MUSIC, UH, I MEAN, HE'S REALLY BEEN TO THE FOUR CORNERS OF THE WORLD.
SO, UM, HE WAS VERY LUCKY TO HAVE SOMETHING HE TRULY LOVED AND TO MAKE A LIVING OUT OF IT.
UM, AND, UH, THE ONE THING HE WAS, WAS A PIONEER.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL ARE AWARE OF WHAT AN IRISH PIONEER IS, YOU KNOW, SO, UH, HE WAS, UM, REALLY, UH, INTERESTING FOR AN IRISH MUSICIAN BECAUSE HE JUST NEVER HAD A DROP OF ALCOHOL EVER IN HIS WHOLE LIFE.
IN 13, HE VOWED THAT HE WOULD NEVER DRINK ALCOHOL.
HE WOULDN'T EVEN TAKE, LIKE IF YOU HAD AN ICE CREAM WITH CREAM DEMENT ON IT, HE WOULDN'T TAKE THAT 'CAUSE THERE WAS ALCOHOL IN IT, COUGH SYRUP, ANYTHING LIKE A TRUE COMMITMENT.
SO IT'S KIND OF FUNNY THAT HE WAS AN IRISH MUSICIAN BECAUSE SO MUCH OF WHAT HE SANG AND PLAYED ABOUT WAS, YOU KNOW, DRINKING.
UM, AND SO WHEN I, UH, STARTED PLAYING MUSIC, HE WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW, DON'T, DON'T SING THOSE SONGS
BUT WHAT I HAVE FOUND IS WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING FOR IRISH MUSIC, IT'S ALMOST HARD NOT TO.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW THE IRISH WIT AND THE UM, THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE PEOPLE OF IRELAND.
LIKE WHEN YOU GO TO IRELAND, YOU DON'T MEET STRANGERS, YOU MEET FRIENDS, YOU KNOW, YOU MEET PEOPLE WHO WILL REMEMBER YOU LONG AFTER YOU'RE GONE.
UM, AND I THINK, UH, THAT TO SOME DEGREE
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ALCOHOL DOES PLAY A PART IN THAT, RIGHT? THEY'RE VERY, VERY SOCIAL.SO, UM, THIS IS A SONG ABOUT, UH, THIS IS A SONG ABOUT INE.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT INE IS? INE IS BOOTLEG IRISH WHISKEY.
SO, UH, IN THE HILLS OF DAL, WHICH WERE VERY RUGGED AND, AND WAY, WAY BACK A LONG, LONG TIME AGO, VERY DIFFICULT TO GET TO.
UM, IT WAS VERY NORMAL FOR YOU TO HAVE A STILL OR TO HAVE A NEIGHBOR, TO HAVE A STILL THAT YOU WOULD IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT TRY AND STEAL A BUCKET FULL OF MOUNTAIN DEW FROM.
SO YOUR ONLY PART IN THIS AND YOU KNOW, DON'T BE AFRAID TO BE SILLY.
UM, I WORK WITH LITTLE KIDS ALL THE TIME.
IN FACT, THE REASON I WAS LATE TODAY WAS BECAUSE I HAD A BUNCH OF THREE AND FOUR YEAR OLDS TRYING TO GET THEM TO SING THIS SONG AND THEY DID A PRETTY GOOD JOB.
SO I THINK THAT YOU GUYS CAN DO IT TOO.
CAN YOU DO THAT? HERE'S YOUR BEAT.
ALRIGHT? ALRIGHT, LEMME GET MY PICK OUT AGAIN.
WHEN THE WATERS FLOW IN A FREE AND EASY WAY, JUST GIVE ME ENOUGH FORREAL STUFF THAT'S BREWED NEAR GALWAY BAY.
ALL FROM DUNNY GOLF FROM SLIGO AND LEACH.
FROM TWO, WE'LL TAKE A SLIP AND GIVE THEM SIP OF THE CLEAR OLD MOUNTAIN DEW.
NOW I, AT THE FOOT OF THE HILL, THERE'S A NEAT LITTLE STILL.
WITH THE SMOKE RISING UP TO THE SKY WITH A WIDTH OF THE SMELL, YOU CAN SURELY TELL THAT THERE'S INE BOYS NEARBY.
IT FILLS THE AIR WITH A PERFUME RARE AND BETWS, BOTH ME AND YOU.
AS WE ROLL HOME, WE'LL TAKE A BOWL OF A BUCKET FULL OF MOUNTAIN DEW.
NOW, LAUREN MEN HAVE USED THE PEN TO SING YOUR PRAISES HIGH.
INE FROM IRELAND'S GREEN DISTILLED FROM WHEAT AND RYE.
BE A PAGAN CHRISTIAN OR A JEW JEW.
TAKE OFF YOUR, TAKE OFF YOUR HAT AND FILL YOUR, OH NO, TAKE OFF YOUR COAT AND GREASE YOUR THROAT WITH A BUCKET FULL OF MOUNTAIN DEW SKILLING IDOL.
ALL RIGHT, YOU CAN ONLY HAVE ONE MORE CHANCE AFTER THIS VERSE.
LET THE WATERS GROW AND THE GRASSES GROW IN A FREE AND EASY WAY.
JUST GIVE ME ENOUGH FORREAL STUFF THAT'S BREWED NEAR GALWAY BAY.
ALRIGHT, AND ON THAT NOTE, YOUR THROATS ARE READY TO SING THE SONGS ON YOUR SHEETS.
I'M GONNA GRAB A VERY QUICK SIP OF WATER.
SO THESE WILL BE EASY FOR YOU.
THEY ALSO ARE KA OH, THEY ALSO ARE KAMAL.
KAMAL ARE SONGS THAT YOU HEAR IN THE BARS THAT, UH, EVERYONE SINGS TOGETHER.
SOME ARE POLITICALLY INCORRECT,
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RIGHT? FOR AUTHENTICITY'S SAKE.
DON'T WANNA CANCEL ANYBODY'S EXPERIENCE.
ALRIGHT, FIRST ONE'S SUPER EASY.
Y'ALL KNOW THIS ONE, RIGHT? OKAY.
WHEN I IRISH EYES ARE SMILING SURE.
IT'S LIKE, GOOD MORNING, SPRING.
IN THE LITTLE LAUGHTER YOU CAN HEAR THE ANGEL SING.
WHEN IRISH HEARTS ARE HAPPY, ALL THE WORLD SEEMS BRIGHT AND GAY.
AND WHEN EYES OR SMILE, THEY'D STEAL YOUR HEART AWAY, JOHNNY DEAR, WHEN YOU ARE FAR AWAY.
AND DON'T FORGET YOUR DEAR OLD MOTHER.
WRITE LETTER NOW AND THEN DO THE BEST YOU CAN.
AND DON'T FORGET WHERE YOU ROAM THAT YOUR AND I, MAN AN BOY WAS LEAVING, LEAVING HIS OWN NATIVE HOME, CROSSING THE BRA ATLANTIC ONCE MORE, HE WISHED TO ROAM.
AND AS HE WAS LEAVING HIS MOTHER AND STANDING ON THE KEY, HE THREW HIS ARMS AROUND HER WAIST.
AND THIS TO HEARD IT SAY A MOTHER'S LOVE IS A BLESSING NO MATTER WHERE YOU GO, KEEP HER WHILE SHE'S LIVING, YOU MISS HER WHEN SHE'S GONE LOVE HER AS IN CHILDHOOD.
THE OLD AND GRAY FOR YOU'LL NEVER MISS A MOTHER'S LOVE TILL SHE'S BURIED BENEATH THE CLAY TO NOW DON'T YOU CRY TO, THAT'S AN LULLABY.
WE'RE GONNA TRY THAT ONE MORE TIME.
THAT'S AN ALRIGHT, WE'RE GOING BACK TO THE BEGINNING.
READY? WHEN I EYES ARE SMILING.
IT'S LIKE, GOOD MORNING, SPRING IN THE LITTLE LAUGHTER YOU CAN HEAR THE ANGELS SING WHEN I HEARTS ARE HAPPY, ALL THE WORLD SEEMS BRIGHT AND GAY.
OH, WELL, I MEAN, BUT THAT'S THE, THE, YOU KNOW.
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YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.WELL, LIKE I SAID, THEY'RE FROM A LONG TIME AGO AND I, I OFTEN THINK LIKE, HOW INCREDIBLE TO LEAVE YOUR WHOLE FAMILY WITH NO CONTACT.
YOU KNOW, MY, MY, AS I SAID, MY DAD CAME OUT AT 13, MY MOM CAME OUT AT 16.
UM, AND THEY'VE HAD A, A WONDERFUL LIFE.
AND, UH, IT'S KIND OF, IT'S A LITTLE SAD THAT, THAT PEOPLE TODAY DON'T HAVE THE SAME KIND OF OPPORTUNITY, UH, THAT MY PARENTS HAD.
UM, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, IT'S A BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY AND WE SHOULD, WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE GRATEFUL FOR WHAT WE HAVE INSTEAD OF MISTREATING PEOPLE THAT ARE TRYING TO FIND THE BETTER LIFE THAT OUR ANCESTORS CAME TO FIND.
SO, NOT TO BE POLITICAL, I'M SORRY,
I SHOULD GET EMOTIONAL WHEN I THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, THERE, BUT FOR THE GRACE OF GOD, RIGHT? ALL RIGHT.
UM, BUT YES, THE IRISH LOVE A SAD SONG.
THAT'S WHY WE LOVE A GOOD FUNERAL, A GOOD WAKE
UM, ALRIGHT, SO LISA, YOU KNOW, YEAH, WE SHOULD LOOK INTO THAT FOR NEXT YEAR,
SO, UM, I AM, I ACTUALLY HAVE A, I I PLAY WITH A, UM, A FOLK AMERICANA BAND.
THAT'S REALLY WHERE MY, WHERE MY SWEET SPOT IS.
UM, AND EVERY SINGLE MEMBER OF MY BAND IS JEWISH
AND UM, I TRY TO RALLY THEM EVERY YEAR TO DO A COUPLE OF IRISH SONGS.
UH, IT DOESN'T COME NATURALLY TO THEM AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, BUT WHEN WE WERE GOING THROUGH SOME OF THEM, WE FIGURED THAT THIS PARTICULAR SONG IS STRUCTURALLY JEWISH.
IT'S AN IRISH SONG, BUT IT'S REALLY STRUCTURALLY JEWISH.
IT'S KIND OF LIKE IT HAS THE SAME CHORDS AS HAVA NILA AND YOU KNOW, ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.
SO ANYWAY, THAT'S WHAT BROKE THE BARRIER, MOLLY, DEAR.
AND DID YOU HEAR THE NEWS THAT'S GOING ROUND DOWN IN A CORNER OF MY HEART? YOU LOVE IS WHAT YOU FOUND.
AND EVERY TIME I LOOK INTO YOUR IRISH EYES OF BLUE, THEY SEEM TO WHISPER DARLING BOY, MY LOVE IS ALL FOR YOU.
OH, MOLLY, MY IRISH MOLLY, MY SWEET KULA DEAR.
I'M FAIRLY OFF MY TROLLEY, MY IRISH MOLLY, WHEN YOU ARE NEAR SPRINGTIME, YOU KNOW HIS RING TIME.
WOULDN'T I DO THE SAME MY MOLLY DEAR? AND DID YOU HEAR WHAT ALL THE NEIGHBORS SAY ABOUT THE HUNDRED SOVEREIGNS YOU HAVE SAFELY STORED AWAY? THEY SAY, THAT'S WHY I LOVE YOU.
IF YOU HAD ONLY 19 NINE, I'D LOVE YOU JUST THE SAME.
OH MY IRISH MOLLY, MY SWEET KUSH.
MY IRISH MOLLY, WHEN YOU ARE NEAR SPRING TIME, YOU KNOW IS RING TIME.
WOULDN'T I DO THE SAME? MY HI MOLLY DEAR.
DID YOU HEREBY FURNISHED UP THE FLAT THREE LITTLE COZY ROOMS IN BATH? WELCOME ON THE MAT.
IT'S FIVE POUND DOWN AND TWO A WEEK.
IT'S ALL COMPLETE EXCEPT I HAVEN'T BOUGHT THE CRADLE.
OH, MOLLY, MY IRISH MOLLY, MY SWEET KUSH DEAR.
I'M BARELY OF MY TROLLEY, MY IRISH MOLLY, WHEN YOU ARE NEAR SPRINGTIME, YOU KNOW, IS RING TIME.
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YOUR NAME.WOULDN'T I DO THE SAME? MY HI, MOLLY, MY HI MOLLY, MY IRISH MOLLY.
ALL RIGHT, I HAVE TWO MORE FOR YOU.
UH, THIS NEXT ONE IS, UM, IT'S ABOUT, UH, A GIRL IN GALWAY.
UH, IT'S SORT OF A MORE MODERN SONG.
IT WAS WRITTEN WITHIN THE LAST 15, 10 TO 15 YEARS.
UM, GALWAY IS, UH, IS, UM, MY REGION OF IRELAND.
I SPENT ALL MY SUMMERS IN GALWAY, UH, JUST BENEATH THE, UH, THE 12 BENDS IF ANYONE'S EVER BEEN THERE.
IT'S, UH, ABSOLUTELY STUNNING.
UM, HAVE YOU BEEN TO MA MAIN? HAVE YOU GONE UP THE MOUNTAIN TO MAE TO THE RELIGIOUS THING THERE? SO MA MAIN IS MY FAMILY'S LAND, AND IT'S BECOME, UH, LIKE A PILGRIMAGE PLACE.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S KIND OF REALLY COOL.
AND IN FACT, YOU KNOW, THAT CLIMB THAT YOU MAKE UP THERE, SO, UH, WHEN MY MOM WAS A GIRL, THEY LIVED IN, UM, WELL, I'LL TELL YOU AN INTERESTING STORY.
UM, SHE WAS RAISED IN A TWO BEDROOM, THATCHED HOUSE.
UH, NO ELECTRICITY, NO RUNNING WATER.
UH, WE DID NOT HAVE IN ALL THE SUMMERS THAT I SPENT THERE, UH, WE DIDN'T HAVE A TELEVISION.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE WERE EXPECTED TO GET UP IN THE MORNING, GET OUT AND DO SOME CHORES.
YOU KNOW, EITHER GET SOME SHEEP INTO SOME PEN THAT THEY SHOULD BE IN, YOU KNOW, GO MILK THE COWS, THAT KIND OF STUFF.
MAKE SURE THE PIGS WERE SUCKLING, PROBABLY THAT KIND OF THING.
YOU KNOW, A REAL, A REAL FUN KIND OF A SUMMER.
UM, BUT MY, UM, YOU KNOW, ONE OF 15, YOU'RE SORT OF BORN REALLY MORE AS FARM HANDS THAN YOU ARE AS YOU KNOW, CHILDREN TO, YOU KNOW, LOVE AND CODDLE TO ADULTHOOD, YOU KNOW, WHICH IS WHY THEY ALL LEFT THE COUNTRY, YOU KNOW, VERY EARLY, YOU KNOW, TO THAT SORT OF, WHERE WAS I GOING WITH THIS? WHY WAS I TELLING YOU THIS STORY?
ABOUT, WELL, OH, I WAS TALKING ABOUT MAE.
SO BACK, UM, THE, THE CLOSEST TOWN TO MAE IS CLIFTON, WHICH IS ACTUALLY OVER A MOUNTAIN.
AND IF YOU DIED, OH, THIS IS WHAT I WANT TO TELL YOU.
IN MY MOTHER'S VILLAGE, THE LAST NAME OF THE ENTIRE VILLAGE IS JOYCE, THE ENTIRE VILLAGE, RIGHT? MY, MY GRANDMOTHER, ELLEN JOYCE MARRIED MY GRANDFATHER, THOMAS JOYCE.
NOT RELATED, BUT THAT'S HOW IT WAS.
SO WHEN YOU, WHEN, WHEN YOU WERE GROWING UP, YOU WERE KNOWN IN THE TOWN, NOT AS MARGARET JOYCE, BUT MARGARET, TOMMY TOM.
THAT MEANT THAT YOUR NAME WAS MARGARET, YOUR FATHER'S NAME WAS TOM, AND HIS FATHER'S NAME WAS TOM.
AND THAT'S HOW THEY IDENTIFIED THEM IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD IN LIKE, IN THE, IN THE, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? CAN YOU IMAGINE? AND THE FIRST TIME I TOOK MY HUSBAND THERE, UM, WE GOT THERE LATE AT NIGHT AND, UM, IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, JUST A DARK, HUGE MOUNTAINS DARK, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALMOST LIKE BEING, YOU KNOW, ON THE FACE OF THE MOON.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? IT'S SO NOT, AND, UM, WE ARE DRIVING AROUND.
I SAID, OH, NO, NO, IT'S GETTING DARK.
AND MY HUSBAND AND THIS TOTALLY BLACK MOUNTAIN, THERE'S THIS TINY LITTLE LIGHT SO FAR AWAY.
AND MY HUSBAND JOKING AROUND, SAID, IS THAT IT? AND I SAID, WHY? YES, IT IS
AND NOW HE LOVES IT THERE TOO.
YOU KNOW, HE GETS TO SHEER SHEEP AND THAT KIND OF STUFF.
SO, UM, BUT ANYWAY, UH, MY MOTHER ONE OF 15.
ANYWAY, THIS IS THE GALWAY GIRL.
WILLA TOOK A STROLL ON THE OLD LONG WALK OF A DAY.
AND I MET A LITTLE GIRL AND WE STOPPED TO TALK ON A FINE SOFT DAY.
I, AND I ASK YOU, FRIEND, WHAT'S A FELLA TO DO? 'CAUSE HER HAIR WAS LAGGING, HER EYES WERE BLUE.
AND I KNEW RIGHT THEN I'D BE TAKING A WHIRL.
RAMIS SALT TILL PROM WITH A GALWAY GIRL.
D DUMB DAY D WE WERE HALFWAY THERE WHEN THE RAIN CAME DOWN ON THE DAY.
AND SHE ASKED ME, OH, TO WERE FLAT DOWNTOWN ON A FINE SOFT DAY.
I, AND I ASK YOU, FRIEND, TELL ME, WHAT WOULD YOU DO? 'CAUSE HER HAIR WAS BLACK AND HER EYES WERE BLUE.
AND I TOOK HER HAND AND I GAVE
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HER A TWIRL.AND I LOST MY HEART TO A GALWAY GIRL, DLY ITEM.
ALL RIGHT, THIS NEXT PART IS VERY SAD.
NOW, WHEN I WOKE UP, I WAS ALL ALONE WITH A BROKEN HEART AND A TICKET HOME.
WHEN I WOKE UP, I WAS ALL ALONE WITH A BROKEN HEART AND A TICKET HOME.
AND I ASKED YOU, FRIEND, TELL ME, WHAT WOULD YOU DO? BECAUSE HER HAIR WAS BLACK AND HER EYES WERE BLUE.
I'VE BEEN ALL OVER THIS WORLD.
I AIN'T NEVER SEEN NOTHING LIKE A GALLING GIRL.
I AIN'T NEVER SEEN NOTHING LIKE A GALLING GIRL DID.
I THINK THAT CONCLUDES MY, MY PERFORMANCE.
UM, UNLESS YOU WANNA HEAR SOMETHING IN GAELIC? NO.
ARE YOU DONE WITH ME
UM, SO, UH, THE CHORUS OF THIS SONG IS IN GAELIC.
UH, BUT IT, IT MEANS AGAIN, IT'S ANOTHER SAD ONE.
UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN, THIS HEART OF MINE WILL BE BROKEN WITHOUT YOU.
GOD BLESS AND BE THINKING OF THE MUSIC THAT IS COMING FROM MY HEART.
THIS SONG, SUN IS DOWN, THE MOON IS BLUE.
I THINK THEY KNOW THAT I'M MISSING YOU, BUT TIME WILL HEAL THIS HEARTFELT PAIN.
AS SOON AS I SEE YOU AGAIN, I SEE AN ISLAND YOU ARE ON THE, YOU LOOK SO LONELY AND THERE'S NO ONE I SEE YOU CRYING.
LOOK OUT YOUR WINDOW WHEN YOU FEELING BLUE, YOU'LL SEE A BLUE BIRD LOOKING IN AT YOU.
LAY DOWN YOUR HEAD, LET YOURSELF BE FREE.
CHECK IN YOUR DEEPEST BREATH AND SING WITH ME.
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THANK YOU.AND UM, JUST BACK TO WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT BEFORE, HOW LUCKY WE ARE TO LIVE IN THIS COUNTRY.
UM, HOPEFULLY IT STAYS THAT WAY.
UM, I WISH YOU ALL A VERY HAPPY ST.
PATRICK'S DAY AND UM, I HOPE I GET TO DO THIS AGAIN.
THANK YOU TO ANNE FOR BEING KIND ENOUGH TO INVITE ME.
AND UH, IF YOU'LL JUST SING THIS LAST SONG WITH ME, I WOULD APPRECIATE IT.
YOU DO KNOW THE WORDS TO THIS.
I GUESS, YOU KNOW, IT'S SO FUNNY.
LAST YEAR I WAS SINGING A SONG AND I WAS SINGING IT REALLY SLOW AND ANNE SAID, FROM THE VAX, DO A LITTLE FASTER.
SO THIS YEAR I PICKED OUT A WHOLE BUNCH OF FAST SONGS AND SHE'S STILL COMPLAINING.
FOUR SPACIOUS SKIES FOR AMBER, WAVES OF GRAIN FOR PURPLE MOUNTAINS MAJESTIES ABOVE THE FRUIT OF AMERICA.
GOD, SHE HIS GRACE AND CROWN, MY GOOD WITH BROTHERHOOD FROM SEA TO SHINING.
IT'S BEEN SO WONDERFUL TO BE WITH YOU NEXT YEAR.
IF YOU'RE HERE, I WANT LOUD SINGING.
OH YES, THE GUINNESS AND THE BEER NEXT YEAR.