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Thread #46467 Message #690204
Posted By: Big Mick
15-Apr-02 - 12:52 AM
Thread Name: Big Mick's Conklin Ceili Band CD release - 2002
Subject: RE: Big Mick's Conklin Ceili Band CD release
Parting Glass/Over The Waterfall/"There". The day that Jim left us, Mick and Mike went over to his house to sing and just spend some time with him. As they were leaving, Jim let us know in his own way that he wanted one more song. That song was "The Parting Glass". We will never sing it again without our beloved friend in mind. We had an old take of Jim playing "Over the Waterfall". The association is obvious.
Tom's mother, who is Jim's Aunt Eileen Verlin, is the matriarch of a wonderful family. Jim loved his Aunt Eileen dearly, as we all do. There is a tradition in their family. When someone is in need of prayers and Mother Verlin calls for the Rosary, all will be there. As the last prayer is said, all sit quietly and reflect until Mother Verlin simply says "There". It implies so much, about love and faith, about caring and giving, about finishing and "see you next week", or at the next need, about the love of friends and family. So we end the CD by having Aunt Eileen say to our dear friends, Jim and Darla, ….. "There"…..