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22 Apr 24 - 03:17 PM (#4201418) Subject: Lyr Req: Smoke Over Belfast (Graeme Miles) From: Joe Offer David Kidman sang this beautiful song today. Can we have lyrics? |
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22 Apr 24 - 04:04 PM (#4201421) Subject: ADD: Smoke Over Belfast (Graeme Miles) From: MoorleyMan SMOKE OVER BELFAST (Graeme Miles, 1972) A week ago or so, I dropped a friend of mine a line You know he’s back in Ireland, where he’s not been for some time I asked him how the old place was, but a change is plain to see; His reply came back this morning. and here’s what he said to me: He said “Thankyou for your letter, good to hear again from you You asked me how old Ireland was, well the changes have been few Sure they’ve built a lot round Dublin since the last time that I came And the smoke drifts over Belfast, over Belfast just the same I just motored down to Waterford and stayed awhile in Cork Old Waterford’s not changed at all and neither has the port I drove back home through Athlone where it always seems to rain And the smoke drifts over Belfast, over Belfast just the same I stopped a while in Strabane – now that’s a little border town The place was full of soldiers, but do you know what I found? Some youngsters playing harling, that’s an ancient Irish game And the smoke drifts over Belfast, over Belfast just the same Though Ireland hasn’t changed a lot since 1969 The mountainsides are still as green and the fishing still as fine And I still take my weekend walks through the winding little lanes And the smoke drifts over Belfast, over Belfast just the same The war I don’t remember much, for I was just a kid And I’ve only seen in pictures what the bombs and bullets did The rubble and the ruin and the firemen fighting flames And the smoke drifts over Belfast, over Belfast just the same What’s to do for poor old Ulster now, how can it be put right? How can we rid this bitterness that makes the factions fight Old Ireland’s seen enough of blight, she’s swallowed too much bane Must the smoke drift over Belfast tomorrow just the same?” And when I’d finished reading and had put the letter down I thought about his questions and what answers could be found Surely common sense and reasoning, prevail they must some day And the smoke then over Belfast will slowly drift away Written by Graeme Miles in 1972, one of the last songs he wrote. Recorded by Martyn Wyndham-Read on the CD "Where Ravens Feed". |
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23 Apr 24 - 08:53 AM (#4201447) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Smoke Over Belfast (Graeme Miles) From: Felipa Ireland has changed enormously in more recent years. But Hurling is still spelled with a "u" (and still a fairly popular sport) |
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24 Apr 24 - 10:27 AM (#4201515) Subject: RE: ADD: Smoke Over Belfast (Graeme Miles) From: MoorleyMan Agreed, Felipa. And thanks for correcting my careless typo! |