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Thread #34678   Message #1183985
Posted By: Mark Dowding
12-May-04 - 01:23 PM
Thread Name: Song that make you weep
Subject: RE: Song that make you weep
Normandy Orchards by Keith Marsden. I was a blubbering wreck at the end of it when I heard it on "Doin' the Manch" I eventually learnt it and if I'm not careful when I sing it now I still fill up and count the spots on the carpet to pull myself together!
"Joe Peel" by Peter Bond is another one - Someone asked me to do that one night and I just got to the bit "The church was filled to overflowing" when I had to close my eyes rather tightly to stop myself weeping unconsolably.
I've recorded "Dancing at Whitsun" and "Christmas 1914" and when I first heard the final mix that Chris Harvey did, Alison Younger's backing vocals came in at a certain point on both songs that made my arms come up in goosebumps. Thanks for that Ali!
My Dad recites "To Sarah" and "Dad's Medals" at our local folk club - two poems by Cliff Gerrard of St Helens. I have to go out of the room or when he does them - sorry Dad but they just have that effect on me.

Cheers
Mark