Blue Sky Days
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This is the first of three songs in my 'A chuisle geal mo chroi' Suite. This Irish language phrase, referring to a daughter, literally means 'O bright beat of my heart'. These three songs were inspired while raising the bright beat of my own heart who has now grown into a lovely woman.
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A Bud Thus Grows
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This is the second of three songs in my 'A chuisle geal mo chroi' Suite...the story continues. It started out as a single verse prompted by my sister Chrissy. She wanted a verse comparing a daughter to a rose for a panel in an afghan she was making for my daughter. I wrote the first verse in an Elizabethan style and left it for a while thinking that the rhyme scheme AABBCDDC would be too complex to use for more than one stanza. Then I saw Sting on television playing an antique lute. It seemed like a fun idea to write a song that would work with that (Elizabethan) instrument and the rest of the song was born.
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A Hundred Miles Before Breakfast
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The third and final song in my 'A chuisle geal mo chroi' Suite. It describes a very important day in a parent's life and was inspired by a real event.
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Rhyme Among the Reasons
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Somehow, about 46 years ago, I had the good fortune to meet a lady who would become my wife. She's been a best friend, partner and lover every day since. This is our story.
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Unmarked Pavement
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And while we're on the subject, how about a gritty little blues tune for that special lady who still has it after 46 years!
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He Told Us
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It's all too common for people to leave us before we've had the chance to celebrate what they've meant to us. This song is written without accompaniment (a cappela) in a Dorian scale as opposed to the more common major or minor scales.
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Words Across The Ages
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This is a true story about a rhyme written to me by my Grandfather in 1955. My sister Chrissy found it when sorting some old papers and sent it me in December 2005. So even though I met my Grandfather, only once when I was 3-1/2 years old, we co-wrote this song ... but it took over 50 years to finish.
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