Homemade Irish Music! - The Wild Geese2024-03-29T02:18:50Zhttps://thewildgeese.irish/forum/topics/homemade-irish-music-1?commentId=6442157%3AComment%3A127337&feed=yes&xn_auth=noGerry, Sorry, I just saw your…tag:thewildgeese.irish,2014-12-09:6442157:Comment:1316442014-12-09T05:33:32.056ZCait Finneganhttps://thewildgeese.irish/profile/CaitFinnegan636
<p>Gerry, Sorry, I just saw your post tonight. Here are the lyrics:</p>
<p align="center"><b>County Woodside</b></p>
<p> </p>
<p align="center">New York’s a big city where one can get lost</p>
<p align="center">Midst millions of people whose paths are all crossed</p>
<p align="center">But each little neighborhood has its own space</p>
<p align="center">In the hearts of the people who hail from that place.</p>
<p align="center"> </p>
<p align="center">Our ancestors came from the old…</p>
<p>Gerry, Sorry, I just saw your post tonight. Here are the lyrics:</p>
<p align="center"><b>County Woodside</b></p>
<p> </p>
<p align="center">New York’s a big city where one can get lost</p>
<p align="center">Midst millions of people whose paths are all crossed</p>
<p align="center">But each little neighborhood has its own space</p>
<p align="center">In the hearts of the people who hail from that place.</p>
<p align="center"> </p>
<p align="center">Our ancestors came from the old country</p>
<p align="center">Ireland, our mother, with her thirty-three</p>
<p align="center">The count’s thirty-two until they arrive</p>
<p align="center">In grand New York City and try to survive.</p>
<p align="center"> </p>
<p align="center">The thirty-third county is where I was born</p>
<p align="center">Where Irish hearts greet you with “top of the morn!”</p>
<p align="center">It’s Irish America over the foam</p>
<p align="center">It’s called County Woodside, our home far from home.</p>
<p align="center"> </p>
<p align="center">The priests of our parishes each do their part</p>
<p align="center">Our spiritual soul-friends who pray from the heart</p>
<p align="center">Callahan, Egan, to name just a few.</p>
<p align="center">Two of the holy men that we all knew.</p>
<p align="center"> </p>
<p align="center">We have our Italian, Korean and Jew,</p>
<p align="center">Our German and P.R., Black African too,</p>
<p align="center">But our pubs and our priests and our music and song</p>
<p align="center">Our culture and language all help us belong.</p>
<p align="center"> </p>
<p align="center">I grew up with all kinds of people around</p>
<p align="center">Yet I always knew that beloved sound</p>
<p align="center">of the pipe and accordion, fiddle and drum</p>
<p align="center">Keeping memories alive whence we had come.</p>
<p align="center"> </p>
<p align="center">In Ireland they call us the Yankee cousins</p>
<p align="center">May they never forget we were exiled by sins</p>
<p align="center">of poverty, politics, prisons and then</p>
<p align="center">We fled to America, new life to begin.</p>
<p align="center"> </p>
<p align="center">Or we are the children of those exiles</p>
<p align="center">and we learned from our parents’ tears and smiles</p>
<p align="center">“Remember your heritage, sing out with pride</p>
<p align="center">Remember dear Ireland here in County Woodside.”</p>
<p align="center"> </p>
<p align="center">Forced away, scattered, yet one Irish heart</p>
<p align="center">Connected by roots, ‘tho we’re far apart</p>
<p align="center">We are of Erin and her thirty-three</p>
<p align="center">We’re County Woodside far over the sea!</p>
<p align="center"> </p>
<p align="center">We send for our people back in Ireland</p>
<p align="center">But many a person can misunderstand</p>
<p align="center">the sorrow that’s felt when one travels from home</p>
<p align="center">Here in County Woodside they’ll not be alone.</p>
<p align="center"> </p>
<p align="center">Here in the new land it’s like Peter’s gate</p>
<p align="center">Luigi and Hans, Mohammed and Kate.</p>
<p align="center">Emigrate, Immigrate, Assimilate</p>
<p align="center">Cling to your heritage, it’s not too late.</p>
<p align="center"> </p>
<p align="center">Here in America blood becomes crossed</p>
<p align="center">But our ethnic history needn’t be lost</p>
<p align="center">Each nationality and unique trait</p>
<p align="center">With its own richness makes this country great.</p>
<p align="center"> </p>
<p align="center">We are of Ireland ‘tho citizens here</p>
<p align="center">Our Celtic connection makes it very clear</p>
<p align="center">Daly, Farrell and Reilly and Finnegans we</p>
<p align="center">Hourigans, Lawlors on this family tree</p>
<p align="center"> </p>
<p align="center">Corrigan, Cronin and Dugan and Walsh</p>
<p align="center">Irish hearts true not one of them false</p>
<p align="center">Growing up Irish in County Woodside</p>
<p align="center">Was home far from home on the other side.</p>
<p align="center"> </p>
<p align="center">Wherever I travel, wherever I go</p>
<p align="center">I am of Ireland and always will know</p>
<p align="center">That thirty-two counties on the other side</p>
<p align="center">Created a thirty-third, County Woodside!</p> County Woodside? I'm intrigue…tag:thewildgeese.irish,2014-11-11:6442157:Comment:1273372014-11-11T16:58:41.940ZGerry Reganhttps://thewildgeese.irish/profile/ger_regan
<p>County Woodside? I'm intrigued, Cait. Can you post the lyrics here?</p>
<p>County Woodside? I'm intrigued, Cait. Can you post the lyrics here?</p> I think many people write poe…tag:thewildgeese.irish,2014-11-06:6442157:Comment:1266842014-11-06T10:55:20.741ZCait Finneganhttps://thewildgeese.irish/profile/CaitFinnegan636
<p>I think many people write poems to capture their emotions about so much, and I really think there is a "bardic" soul in people and they themselves may not realize it. I think that is what I was hoping might get shared if some have those texts or songs stashed in some file or folder--or still in their hearts.</p>
<p>I think many people write poems to capture their emotions about so much, and I really think there is a "bardic" soul in people and they themselves may not realize it. I think that is what I was hoping might get shared if some have those texts or songs stashed in some file or folder--or still in their hearts.</p> Excellent ... thanks for shar…tag:thewildgeese.irish,2014-11-06:6442157:Comment:1263762014-11-06T08:30:36.292ZRyan O'Rourkehttps://thewildgeese.irish/profile/RyanORourke
<p>Excellent ... thanks for sharing these with us, Cait!</p>
<p>I have no homemade Irish music to share myself. Looking forward to others' offerings, though.</p>
<p>Excellent ... thanks for sharing these with us, Cait!</p>
<p>I have no homemade Irish music to share myself. Looking forward to others' offerings, though.</p>