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The Holy Ground
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Recorded for an upcoming Celtic CD.
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The Original Celtic Renaissance duo from Austin, TX! Called Masters of Traditional Folk by The Austin Chronicle, Marc Gunn and Andrew McKee join the autoharp, r
We are the Brobdingnagian Bards (pronounced brAHb'ding-näg-EE-en). We perform a unique style of Celtic folk music that we like to call "a Renaissance in Celtic music" or "The Original Celtic Renaissance. Ask our fans though, and they'll tell you our music is just plain "fun!" With six studio albums completed in just five years, combined with ten other compilations, singles and EPs, we've been called one of the most-productive Celtic groups around. But we just love playing the music.
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words and music Traditional
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Gunn-McKee
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October 27, 2006
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MP3 2.8 MB 128 kbps 3:04
Story behind the song
Irish lyrics to the tune of 'Old Swansea Town Once More'. The 'Holy Ground' is a quarter of Cobh (once known as Queenstown), which was inhabited mainly by fisherman. The tune is also refered to as The Cobh Sea Shanty. It was popular on the docks
Lyrics
Fare thee well, my lovely Dinah, A thousand times adieu. For we're going away from the Holy Ground And the girls we all love true. We will sail the salt seas over And then return for shore And still I live in hope to see The Holy Ground once more. [Fine Girl You Are] You're the girl that I adore, And still I live in hope to see the Holy Ground once more. [Fine Girl You Are] Now when we're out a-sailing And you are far behind Fine letters will I write to you With the secrets of my mind, The secrets of my mind, my girl, You're the girl that I adore, And still I live in hope to see The Holy Ground once more. [Fine Girl You Are] Oh now the storm is raging And we are far from shore; The poor old ship she's sinking fast And the riggings they are tore. The night is dark and dreary, We can scarcely see the moon, But still I live in hope to see the Holy Ground once more. [Fine Girl You Are] And now the storm is over And we are safe and well. We will go into a public house And we'll sit and drink like hell. We will drink strong ale and porter And we'll make the rafters roar, And when our money is all spent We will go to sea once more.
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