The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #116161   Message #2492461
Posted By: Cats
13-Nov-08 - 01:56 AM
Thread Name: If a Song Moves You....
Subject: RE: If a Song Moves You....
On Saturday Jon sang his song about Percy Carhart and going to Passchendaele, taking with him the cuttings of Myrtle from Percy's beloved garden at Heligan and planting them at the plaque where Percys name is at Tyne Cot. He sang the somng at Heligan in front of Percy's great neice and completed it with him and Mike O'Connor playing the tune as a light infantry march which he has called Percy Carhart's. Jon had played it over and over again, making sure he did his very best for Percy's family and only just didn't crack. Meanwhile, the rest of us on stage were standing there with tears streaming down, just like most of the audience. Somehow you do get through it. It is just in between or when someone else is doing it that is the problem! My answer, always take tissues with you.