My friend Sherwood has been reliving his 2006 trip to Ireland in his blog, and every morning it brings this song to mind. If you're going to get a song stuck in your head, this is a pretty good one. Planxty was a legendary Irish band of the 1970s and I consider it the apex of the ballad movement begun by the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem. Nor am I alone in that assessment.
So hit play, and then open another window and read Sherwood's blog with this as background.
Lovely.
Thursday, August 16, 2007
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I tried doing what you suggest, Mike, but it was really hard trying to read the words through the tears. It's a good thing I already knew what they say.
That is so lovely, Mike. Thank you.
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