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VP 06 It Isnt the Craic
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A quick folky summary of an Irish tour - great music, but so much more... and the tales are all true!
fun travel craic
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Singer-songwriter, arranger and producer: acoustic contemporary folk but ranging into rock/blues/country/jazz/humour...all very eclectic, I'm afraid!
Martin Stirrup Singer/songwriter An old folkie who got back into it... These days I sing and play guitar(s) and other stringed instruments, then score and orchestrate where appropriate. My taste becomes increasingly eclectic ranging from finger-picked folk through country to soft rock mixed in with a few more alternative and eccentric numbers, including the odd novelty foxtrot...
Song Info
Genre
Acoustic • Acoustic Folk
Charts
Peak #48
Peak in subgenre #9
Author
Martin Stirrup
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Martin Stirrup
Uploaded
April 29, 2020
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MP3 8.5 MB • 320 kbps • 3:42
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WAV 37.3 MB
Story behind the song
Ireland is a great place to travel around in - great scenery, great history, great eccentricity - oh, and great music too!
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It wasn't the craic GC GGF C! FC F CGEmD! If you travel awhile through the emerald isle It'll get beneath your skin Keep your eyes full wide and you'll grow inside As you soak the beauty in From causeway to Killarney it'll take your breath away From the hills of Connemara to the wild Atlantic way. Well the weather may be sunny Though you're sure to see some rain You can slip inside for awhile to bide And sing this soft refrain C GEm GD! C GFC FCD 7! Oh it's great to hear music playing in the restaurants and bars With flute and old tin whistle, banjo and guitar But all things considered it sure is clear to me It isn't the craic that brings us back but the beautiful scenery Henry was a man with a cunning plan about the monasteries brewing So now they lie in the countryside in atmospheric ruin Whilst on the hills above it all the megaliths look down On castle, church and houses of some old historic town Oh it's great to hear music playing in the restaurants and bars With flute and old tin whistle, banjo and guitar But all things considered it sure is clear to me It isn't the craic that brings us back but the ancient history I met a man who made a claim he'd worked with Tony Curtis Hung by the knees upon trapeze at Billy Barnum's circus A Jarvey in his jaunting car took us for a ride Sheila has it in her blood so she took it in her stride. Oh it's great to hear music playing in the restaurants and bars With flute and old tin whistle, banjo and guitar But all things considered it sure is clear to me It isn't the craic that brings us back but the eccentricity ?
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