Carroll O'Flynn

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John Thorpe or Thorp (c.1565–1655?; fl.1570–1618) was an English architect. more »

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Carrol O'Flynn you've tuned your violin
In every town in Ulster from Rostrevor up to Rathlin
You rosined up the bow and you let the music flow
You played it from the heart; it was the only way you'd know

Where you came from no one knows with your fiddle and your tattered clothes
We knew you for your music and the stories that you told us
There was magic in your playing and you held us all entranced
Our sorrows and our cares were soon forgotten as we danced
The highways and the by-ways of the world they've been your home
You've never had life easy and you've lived it all alone
But home is where the heart is, or at least that's what they say
Contentment was the wealth you found in living your life that way

Your music filled the air at the October hiring fair
The finest jigs and reels from Kerry, Donegal and Clare
Then in the chimney corner with the fire burning bright
Your stories held us in your spell 'till the early morning light
You told us of your travels, all the places that you'd been
Of the world and its illusions, all the faces that you'd seen
You filled our hearts with laughter, or at least that's how it seems
You were the music maker and the dreamer of the dreams

So God be with the old ways and with them that are gone
We'll never see their likes again now times are moving on
But then all things must surely pass, what matters in the end
Are the things we leave behind us, all the memories and the friends
So play, The Drops of Brandy and The Humours of the Glen
Play us all you know then play it all again
Whiskey you're the Devil at The Dawning of the Day
And The wheels of the World they keep on turning as you play

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