The Fiddler

The final tune
is sadly played
& so, it’s time for home,
no mystery here
the case is closed
The fiddler, he is gone.

And at such social gatherings
a wedding or a wake,
a simple tune upon the gut
might ease
a dull heartache. 

With fingers dancing & hearts a leaping
rooms would Come Alive
when lively notes were called upon
to wildly jig & jive.

One hundred Airs
once loved & learned
now lost or handed on,
a lifetime of listening
over,
The fiddler, he is gone.

Respectful patrons
quietly leave
this still & peaceful place,
The fiddler's formed 
his final lay,
may his soul now Rest in Peace.

The Fiddler - Dez. Murphy

Games

Well you don't lose all your power
The first time that you die
When you go to battle 
In a game
You can rise again in another Scene 
& defeat your enemies
Trade stuff 
Grow a beard & change your name

You can choose the skills
To survive
By running down a list
& picking out the ones that catch your eye
Like swords & shields
& bows & such
& a shiny suit of steel
So you look good 
The first time that you die

Chorus:
Well you roam around in cyber land
& choose which way to go
It's hard to tell exactly 
Who's your friend or foe
But the big white disc above the heads
Of your kith & kin
Sure helps, & who knows next time
You might win                 (& with a little luck)

Well it's like real life in many ways
You learn as you go on
Some you lose, & when you win you revel
You're a master of your universe
There's nothing you don't know
Time to proceed to the next level

Computer Games

This is an interview I did with the wonderful Gerry Casey for his program 'Turn It Up' on WWW.HOME-OF-ROCK.DE 
Gerry has a great passion for music of all genres & we both happily discuss the local Blues scene and 'Harvest Time Blues Festival' here in Monaghan, Ireland.

Interview

To Call Home      

All I need is a place, to call home
A quiet space where I won't feel alone
Nothing too grand, lavish or splendid
'cos where I am now was never intended
All I need is a place, to call home

To have a front door & a key of my own
Where I could talk to the neighbours, 
& feel that I am known
Yeah if I could do that, life would be sweet
With my own little kitchen & something to eat
Yeah all I need is a place, to call home

What happened to the little boy 
with the cheeky grin
Ready for whatever life would bring
Now the heavens open & I'm drenched to the bone
Just another boy out on his own
All I need is a place, to call home

Verse I
Yeah all I need is a place, to call home

To Call Home

The Sick Note, (Murphy's Building Bricks)The Dubliners, Performed by Dez. Murphy, Recorded Live @2024

Sick Note

I am delighted to have been included in this week's Northern Quarter M&M Show with Mer and Mikki. They play so much wonderful new music here, I really enjoyed that, so many performers out there writing & recording such wonderful music, Class! :)

Grandma

Was there some new law I might have missed
Someone going round with your name on a list
Saying look here buddy, now if you don't mind
Grow yourself a beard or you're gonna get fined
'cause lately I've been seeing something, really weird
How come everybody's growing a beard

I know that fashion comes & fashion goes
people walkin' round with earrings in their nose
yeah they got them trendy trousers, down to their knees
Leaving their assets swinging in the breeze
But now this new thing I find, that's really weird
How come everybody's growing a beard

Chorus
Now their walking round 
Like they've been shipwrecked or something
Or come down from the mountain
After years of hunting
Like they been stuck on an island
With no way of shaving
Waiting for big ship of razors to save 'em, ..yeah!

Well it was cool at first, but now it makes me shudder
'cos  all of these dudes, just start to look like one another
Yeah they're walking round, with their hair all neat
& a great big bushy beard underneath
Yeah if there's one thing I find that's really weird
How come everybody's growing a beard

Yeah it's policy now that nobody shaves
Think of all the money that we're gonna save
Yeah you look like you could wrestle 
                                              a full-grown alligator
Or stick him in your beard, 'n save him for later
'cos if there's one thing I find that's really weird
How come everybody's growing a beard

Ideas

Growin' A Beard

Growing' A Beard - Dublin City FM 4th September 2017

Christmas starts in October                                   
on my radio
Sorry but I don't have that much festive cheer,
You can call me a cynic
But I reckon it's just a gimmick 
I think Christmas starts, earlier every year.          

Used to be that Christmas, 
was just one week in December
but that's so long ago 
I can't remember.
Now when I put my tree up
It's time to take it down
I contemplating  
keeping it all year round

Little chocolate Santa's
In the shops at Halloween
Ain't the funniest thing that I have ever seen
I went in for a pumpkin
& came out with a Christmas tree
Just wait 'till I get this home to the family.       what you got there dad?

Next thing I guess, there'll be Easter eggs in winter
& barbeques in the spring,
This marketing lark …is outta control
I just won't buy anything,
'till I check the local paper, just to see what month I'm in
To see if Santa, is on his way
Or if he's already been.

& when it's finally Christmas
They have a plan that never fails
…Wait for it! …'The January Sales'
For all your sofas & furniture
See the latest fashion trends
& hold on to your hat,
Here we go again

Christmas in October

Little spider
Weaving his web of chords
Climbing higher, 
Catching all kinds of words

Chorus
He's only a spider
He won't do you no harm,
But don't let him beguile you
With his charm
He's gonna get ya!

Little spider
Spinning round & round
He's catching the lyric
& tying it down

Chorus
He's only a spider
He won't do you no harm,
But don't let him beguile you
With his charm
He's gonna get ya!

Little spider
He's away off home
W'clever words for new songs
Or maybe a poem

Chorus

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