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| Title |
Comment |
Title |
Comment |
| An
Irish Blessing |
A
nice song for a wedding -based on an old blessing |
Just
Like A Ship |
A
young girl of the streets finds love |
| Follow
In Your Footsteps |
I
owe my music to my family and friends |
Oh
Love Return |
Longing
for old love |
| Freedom
Road |
You
don't know freedom till you find it |
Sweet
Dreams |
Sweet
dreams and not much else |
| I
Wanna Be A Cowboy |
Who
doesn't long for the open spaces? |
The
Dark Side Of Me |
A
man with a past |
| Lady
Alcohol |
What
alcoholism can do to a man! |
Cold
and Bitter Morning
2 |
A
man misses his girl (The Original Duet
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| Long
Hard Road |
This
could be about any of us -Woody Guthrie style |
Christmas
Time's Comin' Again |
Performed
by Sarah Bacon, Hana Patel, Emma Duggan and Matthew Galvin, my secondary
school guitar students.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=af9-SsalEGg
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| The
Early Morning Dew |
A
young down and out in London knows he will never see his girl again |
Corriewood |
Dedicated
to the staff of Corriewood where my mother was cared for lovingly through
the last years of her life. |
| Outside
London |
Reminiscences
and loneliness and ashamed to come home |
Bethlehem |
Latest
version sung by Deborah Hendley and featuring Collette Reddy and Frank
Lennon (Video on YouTube) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SAM1FuE7oI) |
| It's
So Hard To Give My Little Girl Away |
What
a father might say to his prospective son-in-law
(This midifile backing track is playing in the background)
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BETHLEHEM
- Video |
This
is the video also on You Tube reflecting the song -see above. |
| The
Journeyman |
A
tribute to Ewan Mac Coll - songwriter sublime |
CHRISTMAS
TIME'S COMIN' AGAIN - Video |
This
is the video also on You Tube reflecting the song -see above.Performed
by Sarah Bacon, Hana Patel, Emma Duggan and Matthew Galvin, my secondary
school guitar students
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| He
Still Remembers "Johnny B. Goode" |
A
country boy who sacrificed fame and fortune for his family (based on a Don Carrol
arrangement) |
"A
Song Of Home" Air |
A
self composition inspired by my father's love of the Mourne Mountains and
his and my Mother's love for their Aughlisnafin home |
| Bethlehem |
A
Christmas Song |
"A
Song Of Home" Song |
A
tribute to my parents and their birthplace Aughlisnafin (Words put to the
air above). My wife Sharon sings the second verse. |
| Christmas
Time's Comin' Again |
Another
Christmas Song (Original Version) |
"A
Song Of Home" Video |
My
video performance for YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDlgKJdz8p0 |
| Every
Christmas Morn |
What
if Christ was born in these times? |
Sentimental
Songs |
A
break up at Christmas |
| The
Stable In The Yard |
Need
I say it - another Christmas song |
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| Cold
and Bitter Morning |
A
man misses his girl.
Sung
by Kayleigh Noble (Professional Recording
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| Don't
Waste Your Pity On Me |
A
child singer on Dublin streets. |
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| Her
Song |
Missed
love gives birth to a song. |
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| I
Can Still Say 'I Love You' (Hap's Song) |
My
wife's father (Hap) was the finest and best. |
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| Out
Loud |
The
singer wants to proclaim his love out loud |
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| ALBUM
CD 1 (Original Songs) |
COMMENT |
ALBUM
CD 2 (Original Songs) |
COMMENT |
| 1.
A Song Of Home |
A
tribute to my parents who were both born and raised in Aughlisnafin,
Co.Down.
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1.
Long Hard Road |
I
wrote this when faced with going on strike, being unable to pay our
mortgage and the possible loss of our first home |
| 2.
Freedom Train |
To
escape the Troubles I came down from N.Ireland with my American wife
Sharon and our son Kevin to eventually live in Dunboyne, Co.Meath. The
freedom train is a reference to the trains used in escaping to democratic
countries after the collapse of Communism.
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2.
I Wanna Be A Cowboy |
Every
boys dream but it’s not as romantic as I thought
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| 3.
The Loaves and Fishes Man |
We
converted people to Christianity but ignored them when they needed our
help |
3.
Just Like A Ship |
A
young abused girl finds love
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| 4.
Cold and Bitter Morning |
The
thoughts of a lover leaving her partner to go out to work in the freezing
weather. Sung by Kayleigh Noble |
4.
Lord Have Mercy |
Inspired
by a guy who, when faced with a list of great activities he’d like to
try, realized he was looking at a list of sins on a religious TV Channel
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| 5.
The Journeyman |
A
tribute to the great Scottish songwriter Ewan MacColl.
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5.
Outside London |
Based
on a true story of a young man who went to London to work, lost his job,
ceased contact with his family, developed mental health issues and lived
as a homeless person. His family were finally contacted by the police in
London
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| 6.
My Words and Music |
How
I survived the first 2 years of my romance with Sharon, my American wife. |
6.
The Rose Of Estepona |
About
a girl who was as beautiful as her home town of Estepona in Spain
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| 7.
He Still Remembers Johnny B. Goode |
I
remember George Glynn describing working on the building sites in England
and his love of the music scene there.
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7.
I Can Love You, I Can Leave You |
The
life of an alcoholic
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| 8.
Hap's Song |
My
wife’s father Arley (Hap) Caldwell was a great human being with a son
Pat and two daughters Sharon and Carol. |
8.
River Run Deep |
Love
will only be sustained if the river of love runs deep
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| 9.
Early Morning Dew |
Written
after watching a video program about Irish men who had emigrated to
London, lost their jobs and felt like failures. Written to the air of
“The Homes of Donegal”.
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9.
Summer Kindness |
You
can’t forget your past especially that girl
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| 10.
Take Good Care Of Her |
What
a father might say to his prospective son-in-law
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10.
Her Song |
A
song, trying to get out, must be her song
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| 11.
A Journey (Take My Hand) |
A
journey of life
(Lyrics by Liam Lacey)
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11.
An Irish Blessing |
Based
on an old Irish blessing and written for Cheryl O’Grady when she married
Bob Czapp (R.I.P.)
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| 12.
Lonely Nights |
Nights
can be very lonely without her |
12.
Sentimental Songs |
No
song can be more sentimental than that written about a lover leaving from
an airport. |
| 13.
Sweet Dreams |
All
that is left are dreams |
13.
Follow In Your Footsteps |
Inspired
by my brother Pat (R.I.P.) who was a beautiful singer/songwriter and
guitarist.
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| 14.
Corriewood |
A
tribute to the carers who looked after my mother in her final years
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14.
Oh Love Return |
He
still loves her and longs for her return
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| 15.The
GAA Song |
Gay
Glynn wrote the lyrics. Her maiden name was McCartan - sister to James and
Dan (Down ’60,’61 and ’78) wife of George Glynn (Down ’78), aunt
to “Wee James” (Down ’91 and ’94) and cousin of Sean O’Neill
(Down ’60,’61 and ’78)
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15.
A Song Of Home (Orchestral) |
Inspired
by my parents links to Aughlisnafin in County Down where they were born
and raised within a mile of each other. I have since written words to go
with the music (CD One:Track One).
This is
a
poor imitation of what this air should sound like performed by a real
orchestra.
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| 16.
A Song Of Home (Instrumental) |
This
instrumental was inspired by my parents links to Aughlisnafin in County
Down where they were born and raised within a mile of each other. I have
since written words to go with the music (CD One:Track One). |
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