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Song about my current home (Glenariiff) in the beautiful Glens of Antrim in Northern Ireland..
N.B. For the benefit of those who are unfamiliar with the location or the Irish language:
1. The 'Grey Mare’s Tail' is a waterfall
2. 'Lurig' is the name of an escarpment which forms one side of Glenariff
3. "gabhair fiáin" is Irish for 'wild goats'

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The Grey Mare’s Tail
Plunges down from Lurig’s crown
To the green wooded slopes below
And through Doory, Barahooley and along to Toberwine
Is where the glen’s gabhair fiáin roam
In Glassmullen bluebells cover the ground
Midst the glorious bright yellow gorse
Its springtime again and my heart is on the mend
In Glenariff, Queen of the Glens

From old Cloghcor to Redbay’s rolling shore
From forest to shining sea
The morning mist lies over fields of buttercups and clover
In the summer time
Sparkling in sunlight silver and gold
Through the green clad mountainside
The river sings a song of hearth and home
In Glenariff, Queen of the Glens

Where the autumn leaves can only be
Painted by God’s own hand
It steals my breath when I look out over yonder
Lost in wonder, it just steals my breath
Then when winter wraps her cold fingers round
Every creature and every tree
Silence falls and all the world is still
Under black velvet starlit sky

When my days are done and my mortal race is run
Let my soul be returned to the glen
Let my heart be at rest in the place that I love best
In Glenariff, Queen of the Glens

© Errol Walsh & Rory Clements

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from "Just Sayin'​.​.​.​.​.​", released September 1, 2016

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Errol Walsh Northern Ireland, UK

Singer-songwriter from Northern Ireland.

His decades-spanning songwriting career is full of care- worn tales of life, love and luck - all delivered with a mellow, lived-in voice.

"This body of work from a true master will long be remembered after much of the imitations have faded into the mists of time" - Niall Toner, RTE Radio One ... more

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