Lyr Add: Bonfire (Kevin Gilfoy)

Subject: Lyr Add: BONFIRE (Kevin Gilfoy)
From: Jack Lewin
Date: 02 Jun 02 - 02:38 PM

BONFIRE
(kevin gilfoy)

(chorus)
The stars they would dance to the songs that we sang
And we would all watch the embers glow
We had each other and our times together
Were the best you could ever know
We knew we were poor but we had so much more
Of what makes life special, that's for sure
Life was so much simpler then
Around the bonfire on the shore

Dad was gone all week so we were able to eat
He'd sell tools to the hardware stores
On his one night at home we all would get him alone
To tell our stories of the week before
He'd smile and he'd say in his own special way
"They are the best tales a man could hope for"
And with a smile and a wink he would all make us think
That he was prouder than the week before

chorus

Then we'd head for the beach and from there he would teach
Us songs we had never heard before
His voice it would rise above the swell of the tide
He'd sing songs full of love and war
Songs of how men had died full of pure Irish pride
Songs of hope that made our spirits soar
And we'd all join in until we had to give in
And fall asleep to the ocean's roar

chorus

When I look back on those days I can still see the way
That my dad looked at all of his boys
The one little girl with the pretty black curls
Is what gave the man so much joy
When he'd have to away he would never let us say
The word "goodbye" because that seemed too long
He'd give a pat on the back, say "so long til I'm back"
To teach you all another song

chorus

kg

Subject: Lyr Add: MARGAREE (Kevin Gilfoy)
From: Jack Lewin
Date: 12 Jun 02 - 12:47 PM

MARGAREE
(kevin gilfoy)

Well my name is John Andrew MacFarlane
The year is eighteen hundred and three
I'm sitting alone with my axe and my stone
Staring up at another tree
I'll sharpen my blade to cut timbers
Although none of it's for me
But things will be different
When I get down to Margaree

They're waiting for word back in Pictou
They're waiting there to hear from me
They're waiting to hear if the land has been cleared
And it's time to bring the family
There will be plenty of room on this homstead
But there isn't any room for me
But things will be different
When I get down to Margaree

Well, my father said he wanted to see me
On the day that we put out to sea
said "For the love of your clan
And respect for the land, boy
Now this is how it has to be
You're my oldest son, lad and I love you
But there's just too many mouths to feed
So you'll build me my homestead
And you'll move on to Margaree"

So now I'm breaking my back on his axe and his plow
I'm building his dreams on the sweat of my brow
I want to say I want to stay but my pride won't allow ...

I wonder if it's like I imagined?
I wonder if there's fish in the streams?
I wonder if the land will be kind to this man?
If there's a pretty girl waiting for me?
But for now I guess I'll keep on working
I guess I'll knock myself another tree
For my time will come
When I get down to Margaree
Oh yes the world will be mine
When I get down to Margaree

kg

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Bonfire
From: MMario
Date: 12 Jun 02 - 12:56 PM

wow! Any way to post the tunes? these are yours, right?

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Bonfire
From: Jack Lewin
Date: 12 Jun 02 - 03:44 PM

thanks, yes they are mine, i'm looking for help with the arranements. I don't have a music background and am into writing lyrics, stay tuned, i'll put some more of my songs on this thread later

Subject: Lyr Add: WHEN HEIRLIHY CAME TO TOWN (Kevin Gilfoy)
From: Jack Lewin
Date: 12 Jun 02 - 07:34 PM

WHEN HEIRLIHY CAME TO TOWN

(kevin gilfoy)

When Heirlihy came to town me boys
We all just stopped and stared
What the hell is a Man-o-War doing way over here?
She came through the strait, and around the cape
And now she's sitting there laying in wait
With her flags a Flying
When Heirlihy came to town

When Heirlihy came a shore me boys
We all just stopped and stared
Why the hell would a Man-o-War carry the likes of him?
Did he steal the ship? Did he win the war?
And what the hell is he doing here for?
He's a yankee major
And Heirlihy's come to town

Well Heirlihy said think what you will
You see for I don't care
I fought the British at Bunker Hill, they took me captive there
For they swelled their ranks and they sealed our flanks
And they said join up or you'll walk the plank
So I'll lead your armies
Said Heirlihy to the Crown

So they put me aboard this Man-o-War
And they told me to wait right here
You'll do your duty in foreign lands for King and Country there
You'll lead our men and you'll win our wars
You'll come back here and this land will be yours
You're a man of honor
In favor with the Crown

Well Heirlihy said just who the hell
Do they think they're dealing with here
A red coat I will never wear, their men I'll never lead
As soon as they turn that ship around
I'll get me a guide and I'm Boston bound
And I'll see my men
Before snowfall hits the ground

(repeat verse one)

kg

note - Heirlihy pronounced Her-Lee-High

Subject: Lyr Add: CLAYMORE (Kevin Gilfoy)
From: Jack Lewin
Date: 24 Feb 04 - 08:43 PM

been away for a while and I thought I'd throw this one in

CLAYMORE

(kevin gilfoy)

chorus
So I'll walk through the highlands with claymore in hand
Through all the old trails lined with heather
For when I come back down, for the new world I am bound
And my highlands are gone from me forever

Look yon lies the grave of young Cameron the brave
As lads we would work the fields together
He was young and strong and tall, but at Culloden he would fall
Taken down by muskett ball and dragoon saber.

chorus

From here I see the glen where the Falkirk fight began
Where Cumberland's men met Charlie's army
Where the clansmen took the field, held their ground, refused to yeild
To the sound of pipes and drums
They marched in glory

chorus

And there stands the tree where my father gave to me
This stout, broad sword of which I carry
He said "hold it like a man, use if for the love of clan
and it will serve you as well as it once served me."

chorus

So I'll lay my claymore down on this hallowed highland ground
By the cairn where we told our ancient stories
For no weapons can be see when we board the Aberdeen
So my claymore must stay here with my memories.

chorus