Séan Ó Sé: "Carrickfergus": Catskills Irish 2016 #25•HD
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- Опубліковано 1 кві 2017
- Song begins at 2:55 mark.
The legendary Séan Ó Sé accompanied by Matthew Allen, at the Saloon at Catskills Irish Arts Week 2016.
Lyrics below:
"Carrickfergus" :: I wish I was in Carrickfergus
Only for nights in Ballygrand
I would swim over the deepest ocean
The deepest ocean for my love to find
But the sea is wide and I cannot swim over
Neither have I wings to fly
If I could find me a handsome boatsman
To ferry me over to my love and die
My childhood days bring back sad reflections
Of happy times spent so long ago
My childhood friends and my own relations
Have all passed on now like melting snow
But I'll spend my days in endless roaming
Soft is the grass, my bed is free
Ah, to be back now in Carrickfergus
On that long road down to the sea
I'll spend my days in endless roaming
Soft is the grass, my bed is free
But I am sick now, and my days are numbered
Come all you young men and lay me down.
Sean was my school teacher in cork in the sixties
I love Sean O’Se!
As i sit here ( in Sweden ) enjoying a whiskey and the summer breeze…. i listen.
It just enriches things.
I will always listen to him. 🇸🇪🇮🇪
Sean was the man - like other comments say -underrated - he was up there for me with John McCormick - also from his interesting commentary very passionate and knowledge about the origins and story of Irish music. I got a few random records of his as a kid here in MCR and was a fan since then...
God bless you for this wonderful singing, thank you once again amen
Brilliant voice
Absolutely beautiful.
Perfect
His Album with Na Fili is glorious.
don't think its available on youtube or anywhere else - no CD either - so if anyone interested I'll post it.
You either love Irish music or you don't - and if you don't then it's a great shame!
I love Sean!saw him 2 yrs ago He was travelling on a bus on the Grand Parade in Cork,a hugely talented man and so down to earth.
WHY OH WHY OH 0WHY IS THIS .MAN NOT BETTER KNOWN,,IN MY OPINION JOHN MC,CORMMACK WAS AS HARSH AS COULD BE,, BUT THIS MAN COULD REACH HIGH NOTES WITH NOT A HINT OF .HARSHNESS ,,,, THE SIGN OF OF A TRUE TENOR,,,