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(A poem by Oliver St. Gogarty set to music by Tony Small, R.I.P

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Galway

A grey town in a country bare, With the leaden seas between,
When the light falls on the hills of Clare And shows her valleys green.

Take in my heart your place again
Between your lake and sea,
O city of the watery plain,
You means that much to me.

Your cut stone houses row on row,
Your streams too deep to sing,
Whose waters shine with green as though
They have dissolved the spring.
Streets that still bring into view
The harbour and its spars,
O the chimneys with their turf smoke blue
They'd never hides the stars.

Take in my heart your place again
Between your lake and sea,
Like crimson roses in grey walls
Your memories to me.

It is not very long since you for memory is long,
Saw her I owe my being to this heart that takes to song,
Walk with a row of laughing girls from Salthill to Eyre Square
And the light from the water and their curls
That never lit so fair.

And again they come your glory days,
Those ships sail back to port,
And to your city's shining ways
The Spanish girls resort.
And ere the tidal water falls, those ships they pull out to sea,
Like crimson roses in grey walls
Your memories to me.

Take in my heart your place again between your lake and sea,
O city of the watery plain, You mean that much to me.

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from Mise le Meas (Yours sincerely), released March 25, 2021

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A singer songwriter and traditional Irish musician from the Dingle peninsula in West Kerry, Ireland.
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