An Irish Blessing

[piney]

ok you started it, you want Irish music?



Sons of Maxwell!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAXfMt6gPys

Binny, I love them! I never heard of them - thank you!

 

[coles1mom]

There once was a man from Nantucket
Who.....

Ended up in Cantw8's photobucket.........

 

[piney]

There once was a man from Nantucket
Whose............nevermind

I thought you would bring us some meat. here is the cabbage:

 

[binny]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YY1_qlTr-rM

I've seen them in person, they were awesome!!

LOVE these guys!

 

[Cantw8]

Ended up in Cantw8's photobucket.........

yes but he's in a very special section

 

[binny]

This was my first foray into Irish music when I was really little. My brother got me hooked on these guys.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIseNLGKaY4&NR=1

 

[binny]

Its a tie for me between Queen of Argyle and this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbxZNlYXJgM&NR=1

 

[piney]

Celtic Thunder was just on TV!!! They opened the parade in NYC - sang Ireland and Danny Boy

They are on their way to the White House to perform for the President tonight.

 

[piney]

Its a tie for me between Queen of Argyle and this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbxZNlYXJgM&NR=1

I think I'll be adding some new music to my iPod!!

 

[piney]

My girls:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v28is4jFWeo

 

[binny]

theres sober men a plenty
and drunkards barely twenty
there are men of over ninety
that have never yet kissed a girl
but give me a ramblin rover
Frae Orkney down to Dover
we will roam the country over
and together we'll face the world!


:drink:

 

[binny]

The Irish:
Be they kings, poets or farmers,
they're a people of great worth.
They keep company with angels
& bring a bit of heaven 2 earth

 

[piney]

May you always have work for your hands to do.
May your pockets hold always a coin or two.
May the sun shine bright on your windowpane.
May the rainbow be certain to follow each rain.
May the hand of a friend always be near you.
And may God fill your heart with gladness to cheer you.

 

[JCJRSmith]

May the road rise to meet you,
May the wind be always at your back,
May the sun shine warm upon your face,
May the rains fall soft upon your fields,
And, until we meet again,
May God hold you in the hollow of His hand.

On Friday March 13, 2009, we laid to rest my Uncle, Mr. George J. Murphy, of Cleveland, Ohio. As fine an Irishman as you will ever meet. The rememberance cards given away at his wake had St Patrick on the front, and the blessing listed above on the back. He was buried in his favorite Tweed coat, his Tweed cap on his head and a green carnation in his lapel.

I miss him terribly, but there is no such thing as a bad memory of Uncle George. Today, of all days, I smile every time I think of him.

 

[piney]

On Friday March 13, 2009, we laid to rest my Uncle, Mr. George J. Murphy, of Cleveland, Ohio. As fine an Irishman as you will ever meet. The rememberance cards given away at his wake had St Patrick on the front, and the blessing listed above on the back. He was buried in his favorite Tweed coat, his Tweed cap on his head and a green carnation in his lapel.

I miss him terribly, but there is no such thing as a bad memory of Uncle George. Today, of all days, I smile every time I think of him.

I'm sorry for your loss. He sounds like a wonderful man. My grandfather was from Ireland - I know the kind of man you are describing. I'm sure George is having a grand old time in Heaven this St. Patrick's Day!






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[piney]

The NYC Fire Department just marched by, 343 firemen carrying American flags in honor of those firefighters that were lost on 9/11.

The Bravest
by Tom Paxton

The first plane hit the other tower
Right after I came in
It left a gaping, firey hole
Where offices had been.
We stood and watched in horror
As we saw the first ones fall.
Then someone yelled "Get out! Get out!
They're trying to kill us all."

I grabbed the pictures from my desk
And joined the flight for life.
With every step I called the names
Of my children and my wife.
And then we heard them coming up
From several floors below.
A crowd of fire fighters,
With their heavy gear in tow.

CHORUS:
Now every time I try to sleep
I'm haunted by the sound,
Of firemen pounding up the stairs
While we were coming down.

And when we met them on the stairs
They said we were too slow.
"Get out! Get out!" they yelled at us -
"The whole thing's going to go"
They didn't have to tell us twice -
We'd seen the world on fire.
We kept on running down the stairs
While they kept climbing higher.

CHORUS:
Now every time I try to sleep
I'm haunted by the sound,
Of firemen pounding up the stairs
While we were coming down.

Thank God, we made it to the street;
We ran through ash and smoke.
I did not know which way to run -
I thought that I would choke.

A fireman took me by the arm
And pointed me uptown.
Then "Christ!" I heard him whisper
As the tower came roaring down

So, now I go to funerals
For men I never knew.
The pipers play Amazing Grace,
As the coffins come in view.
They must have seen it coming
When they turned to face the fire.
They sent us down to safety,
Then, they kept on climbing higher