This is a song about the demise of the Linen mills in East Belfast.  This song deals with a much broader theme with mill closures in traditional industries being seen in cities and countries all over.  The classic line from this song is; I'm too old to work, but I'm too young to die.....   I first heard this song sung by Colm O'Brien in the Boston Irish Pub Durty Nellys, where you can still hear Colm sing this song every Wednesday night.

Belfast Mill 2

This is a song I first heard sung live by Bacchus Nel, a South African artist at the Clarens Craft Beer Festival in Feb 2013. The song is sung in Afrikaans.

Oppie Plaas 2

This is song about the plight of young Irishmen going off to fight in the English King's wars in Europe - in this case in High Germany.

High Germany 1

We all love to hear this Anthem sung before Ireland take to the field but only the first verse is sung.  How powerful are the lyrics in the 2nd and 3rd verses - stirring indeed!  Great song to sing.

Irelands Call 1

This is a moving song about an old coal miner from South Wales.  The song describes how the coal dust lies heavy on your lungs and you age before your time.  This is my cover of this great song.

Its A Working Man I Am

Powerful Scottish Rugby Anthem, moving and motivational beyond words.

Flower Of Scotland 1

This is a lament, a plea, a heartfelt recognition that Ireland is still not yet free from English occupation.  Indeed only our rivers run free!

Only Our River 1

I can see my child only 9 years old, her mind all twisted in fear, but the hate I hold for the men who control her, is more than I can bear! Powerful words from the song Belfast Town, Occupied by the British, then, as it is today!

Belfast Town (John McClure)

My version of a Creedance Song about the never ending rain.  

Who'll Stop the Rain 2

Unofficial Aussie anthem, this song written by AB Paterson, describes life in the old days in Australia, down near the coolibah tree beside the Billabong.



Waltzing Matilda 1

The struggle is over, the boys are defeated, Old Ireland's surrounded with sadness and gloom, We were defeated and shamefuIIy treated, and I Robert Emmet awaiting my doom.

On 20 September 1803, Robert Emmet, patriot, was hanged, drawn and quartered in Thomas Street, Dublin. He was the last person to receive this barbaric sentence and all for the love of his country.

Bold Robert Emmet 1

A poignant pop song, with a real twist in the tail (listen to the last verse). Very popular in Wales because Tom Jones made it a huge hit in 1966.  Written by Claude "Curley" Putman and sung by various singers before Jones, including Jerry Lee Lewis, and Joan Baez, from 1965. This is my cover of that great song.  The image is my own picture, taken at the Long Tom Pass (of Boer War fame) in 2017, looking out over the rolling green grassy hills towards Sabie in the hazy distance.

Green Green Grass of Home

A cover of Dominic Behan's moving song of rebellion, the Patriot Game, sung by several musicians including Liam Clancy and the Clancy Brothers.  The song refers to an incident during the Border Campaign launched by the Irish Republican Army during the 1950s, with the main subject being Fergal O'Hanlon, an IRA Volunteer from Ballybay, County Monaghan who was killed at the age of 20 in an attack on Brookeborough Royal Ulster Constabulary barracks in County Fermanagh - January 1st 1957. The operation was devised and led by Sean Garland (IRA), of Dublin. Another volunteer, Seán South from Limerick, was also killed during the raid(the link to the rousing song Sean South).  Dominic Behan later became good friends with Sean Garland.  The image is my own picture of a lonely road heading up deep into Joyce Country County Mayo.

The Patriot Game

This is a fun song describing Donald from the Isle of Sky, in his kilt, who heads down to London Town to have a little fun in the underground.  This is a cover of the song by Andy Stewart from 1960.

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