When Lee Lucas posted a collaborative version of this song before Christmas https://soundcloud.com/lee-lucas/lee-lucas-mark-j-bennett-the-parting-glass, he suggested that I put out an open invitation for anyone to collaborate with the original stem. Of course, I appreciate that grafting any type of arrangement on to an acapella vocal track isn't easy but I'd welcome any approach. This is an Irish traditional song but it may well withstand a modern arrangement. The vocal stem has lots of reverb and echo on it but should you need a drier stem to work with, just message me and I can send a naked version. Also feel free to take some liberties with this should it lend itself in any other treatment. 

I raise my glass to those brave enough to listen to me tightrope-walking and also to those who might consider taking on this challenge. Cheers!


Of all the money that e'er I had
I have spent it in good company
And all the harm that e'er I've done
Alas it was to none but me
And all I've done for want of wit
To memory now I can't recall
So fill to me the parting glass
Good night and joy be with you all

Of all the comrades that e'er I had
They are sorry for my going away
And all the sweethearts that e'er I had
They would wish me one more day to stay
But since it falls unto my lot
That I should rise and you should not
I'll gently rise and I'll softly call
Good night and joy be with you all

A man may drink and not be drunk
A man may fight and not be slain
A man may court a pretty girl
And perhaps be welcomed back again
But since it has so ought to be
By a time to rise and a time to fall
Come fill to me the parting glass

Good night and joy be with you all
Good night and joy be with you all

The Parting Glass - Open Collaboration

Es ist ein DRAMA!!! - Ein sehr deutsches Stück in romantisch-expressionistischer Tradition. Eine artifizielle Art Jazzballade, featuring the Clarinet.

Suesses Weh

LYRICS BELOW (click "Show more")
When I wrote this duet, I had Amanda Sanderson's distinctively beautiful voice in mind. The song itself is an outgrowth or continuation of a poetry collection I published a few years ago, "The Book of Arabella."
Both the song and the poems are about a mysterious, otherworldly woman, Arabella, who feels trapped in a marriage, trapped in fact in her human body.
Here's a link to that poetry collection for the curious:
https://www.library.wisc.edu/parallelpress/pp-catalog/poetry-series/2014-2/the-book-of-arabella/
(...and yes, that is actually our cat in the photo on the big clock above the piano)
Instruments used:
All three guitar tracks played on my Gretsch 5622T
plus Fender (Squier) Jaguar SS bass
Angel chorus sung by angels...well, actually Alchemy synth
Amanda's SoundCloud page: https://soundcloud.com/phoebeelena
Recorded in Logic Pro using hardware tube preamps and compressors.

***Cat on a Clock***
(Words & music by Timothy Walsh)
Verse 1 (Him)
You come softly down the stairs into my waiting arms.
Hand you coffee, touch your hair…it seems that you’re not there.
I don’t say it but I know, on this special day,
your body’s here with me, but you’re a million miles away.
I don’t say it—I don’t want to tell no one—
You’re going nowhere but you’re always on the run.

Verse 2 (Arabella)
Morning comes, I stretch in bed, see the sun come through the blinds.
Hear you in the kitchen there, smell the coffee so divine.
I rub my eyes, decide if I can slide into this day,
or maybe spread my wings and softly fly away.
I don’t know why I’m so restless in this world.
It’s like I’m from some country where I can’t return.

CHORUS:
You’re like a cat upon a clock sleeping in the sun,
whiling away your time on earth until our day is done.
Just like a cat upon a clock dreaming through the day
while the world outside goes on and softly spins away.

Verse 3 (Him)
Twilight comes and I see you in the garden where
the cedars and the pines are your sisters in the sky.
You walk out among the herbs, barefoot on the bricks,
smell the chervil and the thyme that never ask you why.
You’re so lost to me I don’t know what I’ll do.
I’m so in love with every single thing you do.

Verse 4 (Arabella)
Some days I wish that I could go flying through the sky—
spread my wings just like a crow and take off with a sigh.
Somewhere beyond the moon, I think I’ll find my home,
far away from this earth and this house of flesh and bone.
I’m not angry, I just don’t know how to say
I’m a creature not like you in any way.

CHORUS (sung twice)

Cat on a Clock

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Cat On A Clock (early demo mix)

Mike asked me to play guitar on his new track and what a blast it was.
Thanks for asking me, Mike.

Mike:- Organ, Keyboards, Bass, Drums, Mix and Production.

Dairv:- Guitar.

Night & Day & In Between (The 3 M Group featuring Dairv Dubbleyew)

Friends

In the still of night when the mind wanders and memories lead to memories lead to memories lead to memories lead to mem......


Artwork:

Original J.Rous.

Drawn with a black marker pen. Colour added using digital art application.

Nocturne: In quiet, memories flow.

... finest backing by Morten Jeamland, https://soundcloud.com/orteneamland Thank You !.... beautiful photo by Arto Marttinen / unsplash ... and a little sax jam ... Enjoy !

Stereo Heaven / sax remix / on a backing by Morten Jeamland

I would like
float in the sea
of the pretty eyes,
Melt me in a tear.
Wrap me in a crunch.
I want to question
gently to water.
Imagine the curves of a fairy.
Disappear in your ears
I want to play in the deepest
of a human being.

Sleep in a truth

Empathize with calm lakes.

Raðulfr Maganhar

music . PrimaLoop @primaloop
Instrumental here: https://soundcloud.com/primaloop/sinicuichi
lyrics, vocals,& their mix including bird calls* . Mariam Zohra D : Myrh
*https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHnzqKfxSQw
artwork by afloe_art

a rhyme i've made a while back, weaved into this piece by Jenny Jumble as well:
https://soundcloud.com/jumblemyrh/they-find-the-ones

sung again as acapella and found a home here with Sinicuichi
(lyrics are not complete in this version)

THE ONES THAT WE LOVE
_________________
Jhoom Jhoom 
Jhoom Jhoom

We don't know which way to go
but we find the one's that we love!

oh i don't know why oh why
but i'm alive alive!
I find the ones!

Jhoom Jhoom
Jhoom Jhoom

The Ones That We Love | Myrh & PrimaLoop

From the album “Short Stories”, released 22.01.21

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End My Days (album version)

A song Written and sung by Eric Feltham

The sun is low the nights are longer
The northern wind is blowing stronger
The winter will be long or I suppose

The green leaves on the trees that sway
Like the flowers of yesterday
Are wilted on the ground and brown and froze

Though we toil and strive
Who can add just one day to their life
Or keep their hair from turning grey

And although we weep
And winters frost has driven deep
In the spring it melts away

I close my eyes and see the face
I feel the smile the warm embrace
We  walk the fields of green of yesterday
And though the memories grow dim 
The life they lived still lives within
And makes me that man I am today
Take a map for the road that lies ahead
Gather close to the one you’ve been given
One day they will close their eyes and see your face again
Until the day every tear is wiped away.
And we live another day.
We can, when the seasons change, we’ll live another day….

We'll Live Another Day

Dear listener, Feel free to leave comments and I'll try to reply.

I've been making music for around 16 years now but because of the wonderfully generous community that is SC, I have learned so much in a short time. I look forward to learning even more by collaborating. 
I suppose my strengths are in lyric-writing and singing. I feel fortunate to have been able to work with some stunning compositions by some very talented SCers.

My very best to you, Mark

Some links to recent Continental Collision streaming sites, etc are available below:

The Parting Glass - Open Collaboration

markjbennett