The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #90515 Message #2563299
Posted By: Jim Dixon
10-Feb-09 - 07:23 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req/ADD: The Barmaid I Met in Kinsale (Duggan)
Subject: Lyr Add: MEMORIES OF THE MISSION (John Duggan
Well, I can at least transcribe the sound sample found at the same siteāsee the link above.
This one is recited, accompanied by a concertina.
MEMORIES OF THE MISSION (excerpt) John Duggan
I'm sittin' by the fire, for it's time to go to bed, And it's funny when you're all alone, what thoughts go through your head. I wandered back down Memory Lane, and people I can see Arrivin' for a mission at the church in Killashee. Sure ev'ryone would turn out by sidecar, trap, or bike. Some of them would walk for miles and wouldn't mind the hike. No matter what the weather was, we'd all get up and go, For to miss....