John van der Tuin accompanies me on guitar on this beautiful Irish song.

Carrigfergus

Surprise, surprise! Not me singing! All you hear from me is a modest contribution on the tin whistle. So why this posting? That's because I wrote the song. I'm not a proliferous song-writer but every now and again something pops up. This one was was written at the height of the troubles and was inspired by the efforts of two Ulster women, one Protestant, one Catholic, to bring their countrymen to their senses and talk rather than shoot and murder. Thirty years later they finally did!
 It's Sjoukje Henstra on lead doing justice to my lyrics.

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