Song Of Oisin  by Brian McCaul (c) 2009. Recorded with harpist Cathy Potter 2010 in Belturbet, Cavan, Ireland. 

Son of Eirinn, I am Oisin
éistighe le mo ceol (listen to my music/song)
while resting by the restless shore, 
I hear the oceans roar
       Bear mé oh row oh oh row oh oh row oh oh

I heard a whisper on the wind,
and turned to see her go
a fairy queen upon her horse 
riding through the foam.
     Bear mé oh row oh oh row oh oh row oh oh

She said her name was Niamh Chinn Oir
of the golden hair
she said she came to find her lover,
and take him back with her
      Niamh Chinn Oir oh oo oh oh oo oh oh oir

She said she came from far away
the land of Tir na nOg    (the Land of Eternal Youth)
And if I come with her 
old age I’ll never know
        Tir na nOg…oh oh oo oh oh oo oh oh og

All night I struggled with the choice
To stay or to go
To leave my friends and family
for the land of Tir na nOg
      Tir na nOg…oh oh oo oh oh oo oh oh og

She smiled and said he loved me 
That I would never want.
So I said goodbye, I wiped my eye
And hopped upon her horse
     to Tir na nOg…oh oh oo oh oh oo oh oh og
    
I held her tight, it all felt right
As we sped across the foam
Now three hundred years have past 
since I have left my home
    In Tir na nOg…oh oh oo oh oh oo oh oh og
        Tir na nOg…oh oh oo oh oh oo oh oh og

Song Of Oisin

The Gypsies in the Wood by Anon & Brian McCaul (c) 2011

V1
My mother said I never should 
Play with the gypsies in the wood
The wood was dark; the grass was green; 
And Sally played her tambourine  

V2
She told me stories of the sea
She told me of a life so free 
She told me of a far off land
She stole my heart and she took my hand

      Chorus
When/And Sally played her tambourine (2x) (Em D A)

V3
We when to find a ship to cross
Paid ten shillings for a blind white horse;
Up on his back and off with a crack,
Tell my mother we won’t be back

         Solo
       Chorus
V4
Now saddle up that old blind horse
There’s places to go and bridges to cross
I’m up the road with Sally Ann
She’s my woman and I’m her man.

V5
Now life on the road is sometimes hard
To live the life of a traveling bard
It’s up in the morning and down with the can
Waiting for the money man

      Chorus

  Repeat first verse    


The Gypsies in the Wood

Stop Your Foolin' Around   by Brian McCaul © 2009

(Brian McCaul: vocals, rhythm guitar,  Mike Akatiff: lead guitar, yeehaa,  Muhammad McCabe: drums,   Tom Gewecke: bass, 
Russell Blalack: backup vocals, sound engineering. ) 

You gotta get up off your knees (E)
         Can you hear me beggin please (A7)  
                    (E)  Stop your foolin, (B7)  Stop your foolin round 
You gotta rise and shine (E)
       The futures yours and mine. (A7) … if you’d only…
               (E) Stop your foolin, (B7)  Stop your foolin (E) round 

The fruit is on the trees
     Can you hear the birds and bees singing?
                    (E)  Stop your foolin, (B7) Stop your foolin round 
 Yea! It’s all up to you
       There’s no telling what you’ll do….if you’d only..
               (E) Stop your foolin, (B7)  Stop your foolin (E) round 

Well I loved that good girl so 
      But I was a fool and let her go  …she said…
                      (E) Stop your foolin, (B7) Stop your foolin round 
But now the tables turned 
     All the things that I have learned …can you hear me..
               (E) Stop your foolin, (B7)  Stop your foolin (E) round

Instrumental verse
             
The day is fast and long  
     And soon it will be gone… so you better… 
            (E)  Stop your foolin, (B7)  Stop your foolin round 
Mother natures on her knees  
     Can you hear her calling please
   (E) Stop your foolin, (B7)  Stop your foolin (E) round


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