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Lyr Req: Wise and Holy Woman (Christy Moore)
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Subject: Lyr Add: WISE AND HOLY WOMAN (Christy Moore) From: GUEST,999 Date: 24 Dec 09 - 11:35 PM Please note that the title is "Wise and Holy Woman" Found with a Google of Christy Moore\Wally Page - Christy Moore - The Official Website... WISE AND HOLY WOMAN Christy Moore\Wally Page I met a wise and holy woman near the town where I was walkin' We both sat together down below the Yellow Furze She closed her eyes and started singing A song about the light that shines and the wonders of the world She sang of the forests on the high, high mountain The pure clear water and the fresh air we breathe Of the bounty we gain from nature's abundance And how the mighty oak tree grows from a little seed CHORUS: She had an everlasting notion The wise and holy woman had a never-ending dream As she called out to the stars glistening on the ocean Shine a light, shine a light on me She sang a song from the streets of Sao Paolo For the homeless street children who never learned to smile She sang of the shrine they built to Chico Mendez Where the plantation workers laid his body in the soil She sang of the greed we display before our altars The oil soaked cormorant drowning in the tide She sang of the halting site way out beyond Clondalkin Where Ann Maughan froze to death between the dump and the railway line. CHORUS (outro verse same shape and melody as chorus) She sang of the eagle flying high above the mountain The otter that swam through rivers and streams Of the lilies that bloomed and the countless wild flowers And the rainbow that rose in the valley of tears. CHORDS Dm........Am... Dm........Am... Dm........Am... Dm C DmC G Am Dm.......Am... Dm.......Am Dm.........Am Dm C Dm C G Am Chorus (and outro verse) F...G...C... F...C...G... F...G...C... F.C.FCG CHRISTY'S COMMENT My mother's name was Nancy Power. She grew up in Ardmulchan, near Yellow Furze, which is on the southern bank of the Boyne on the low road from Navan to Beauparc (Where Mountcharles surveyed the battlefield). Her father was Jack Power from Hayestown, her mother Ellie Sheeran from The Cotton Mills. Nancy sang all her life. Old songs at first, then Hymns, light Opera, musicals, parlour songs, popular songs, and traditional ballads in English and Irish. When she sang in the church on Sundays she had an enormous and beautiful deep soprano voice which emerged miraculously from deep within her diaphragm. When she sang parlour and pop songs at the piano her Meath accent would peep out, when she sang the old songs, Eamon an Cnoic, Sean O'Duibhir an Gleanna or The Three Flowers it would be in a small quiet lonesome voice that often stilled my night. Writing these few words here in Belfast this morning, my tears are tears of joy for her memory and sadness for her passing. I feel no mourning for she remains a constant presence in my life and we all still cherish her. I wrote this song for Nancy Power. |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Yellow Furze Woman (Christy Moore) From: GUEST,999 Date: 24 Dec 09 - 11:32 PM I think it's on Youtube entitled Wise and holy woman but I'm not sure. This computer doesn't have java script. |
Subject: RE: yellow furze woman From: alison Date: 07 Sep 97 - 01:07 AM Hi Still looking. Slainte Alison |
Subject: RE: yellow furze woman From: alison Date: 16 Aug 97 - 12:34 AM Hi Anyone have the words to this as done by Christy Moore? Thanks Slainte Alison |
Subject: yellow furze woman From: alison Date: 16 Aug 97 - 12:33 AM |
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