{"id":3416,"date":"2014-08-25T22:26:21","date_gmt":"2014-08-25T22:26:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eoisabi.org\/?p=3416"},"modified":"2026-03-24T20:48:24","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T20:48:24","slug":"van-morrison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/?p=3416","title":{"rendered":"The Chieftains + Van Morrison"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a4 \u00a0The Chieftains<a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/the-chieftains\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-15995\" src=\"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/chieftains.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"283\" height=\"178\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/chieftains.jpeg 283w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/chieftains-150x94.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 283px) 100vw, 283px\" \/><\/a><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Irish band, which hasn&#8217;t stopped playing music since 1962, holds the record for being the artists who have toured the world more extensively: they&#8217;ve played countries which few people bother to visit. They also have the record for being the band which has played with the largest number of musicians: wherever they go, they get involved in cooperative projects with local musicians&#8230;\u00a0In 2012, they celebrated their 50th anniversary with the release of their record\u00a0<em>Voice of Ages<\/em>.<\/p>\n<dl>\n<dt>Current members<\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a title=\"Paddy Moloney\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-58881862\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Paddy Moloney<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a title=\"Uilleann pipes\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Uilleann_pipes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">uilleann pipes<\/a>,\u00a0<a title=\"Tin whistle\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tin_whistle\">tin whistle<\/a>, button\u00a0<a title=\"Accordion\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Accordion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">accordion<\/a>,\u00a0<a title=\"Bodhr\u00e1n\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bodhr%C3%A1n\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">bodhr\u00e1n<\/a>\u00a0 [<small>1962\u20132021]<\/small><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Se\u00e1n Keane (fiddler)\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Se%C3%A1n_Keane_(fiddler)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Se\u00e1n Keane<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a title=\"Fiddle\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fiddle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">fiddle<\/a>, tin whistle\u00a0<small>(1968\u2013present)<\/small><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Kevin Conneff\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kevin_Conneff\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kevin Conneff<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 bodhr\u00e1n, vocals\u00a0<small>(1976\u2013present)<\/small><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Matt Molloy\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Matt_Molloy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Matt Molloy<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a title=\"Flute\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Flute\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">flute<\/a>, tin whistle\u00a0<small>(1979\u2013present)<\/small><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">During a world tour celebrating 50 years as one of the most celebrated traditional Irish bands in history, The Chieftains stopped by WGBH&#8217;s Fraser Studio to share some tunes and have a few beers with fans and members of the WGBH Celtic Club\u00a0 \u21d3<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/u7pDiO52xSs\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u25ca \u00a0Women Of Ireland \u00a0\u21d3 \u00a0(Mn\u00e1 na h-\u00c9ireann)<\/strong><\/h6>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BgDIIVP2HAU\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h6><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8pyGVCUufJU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-55542\" src=\"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/the-morning-dew.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"265\" height=\"265\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/the-morning-dew.jpg 500w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/the-morning-dew-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/the-morning-dew-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/the-morning-dew-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 265px) 100vw, 265px\" \/><\/a><\/h6>\n<h6>\u221e\u00a0 &#8216;Star Of The County Down&#8217; \u2193 [with Van Morrison]<\/h6>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1NIQ9KiZm7M&amp;list=RD1NIQ9KiZm7M&amp;start_radio=1&amp;t=54\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-50531\" src=\"http:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/ThestaroftheC.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/ThestaroftheC.jpg 300w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/ThestaroftheC-150x84.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In Banbridge Town in the County Down one morning last July,<br \/>\nFrom a boreen green came a sweet colleen\u00a0and she smiled as she passed me by.<br \/>\nShe looked so sweet from her two bare feet\u00a0to the sheen of her nut brown hair.<br \/>\nSuch a coaxing elf, sure I shook myself\u00a0for to see I was really there.<\/p>\n<p><strong>From Bantry Bay up to Derry Quay and\u00a0<strong>from Galway to Dublin Town,<\/strong><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>No maid I&#8217;ve seen like the brown colleen\u00a0<strong>that I met in the County Down<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>At the Harvest Fair she&#8217;ll be surely there\u00a0and I&#8217;ll dress in my Sunday clothes,<br \/>\nWith my shoes shone bright and my hat cocked right\u00a0for a smile from my nut brown rose.<br \/>\nNo pipe I&#8217;ll smoke, no horse I&#8217;ll yoke\u00a0till my plough turns rust coloured brown.<br \/>\nTill a smiling bride by my own fireside\u00a0sits the star of the County Down.<\/p>\n<p><strong>From Bantry Bay up to Derry Quay . . .<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As she onward sped, sure I scratched my head,\u00a0and I looked with a feelin&#8217; rare,<br \/>\nAnd I says, says I, to a passer-by,\u00a0<em>\u00abWho&#8217;s the maid with the nut brown hair?\u00bb<\/em><br \/>\nHe smiled at me and he says, says he,\u00a0<em>\u00abThat&#8217;s the gem of Ireland&#8217;s crown.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Young Rosie McCann from the banks of the Bann &#8211;\u00a0She&#8217;s the star of the County Down.\u00bb<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>From Bantry Bay up to Derry Quay and\u00a0<strong>from Galway to Dublin Town,<\/strong><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>No maid I&#8217;ve seen like the brown colleen\u00a0<strong>that I met in the County Down . . .<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: right;\">\u2022\u2192\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5nKBzlxJGL0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8216;Hard Times Come Again no More&#8217;<\/a>\u00a0\u2194\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hard_Times_Come_Again_No_More\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">[lyrics]<\/a><\/h6>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymotion.com\/video\/x2o88ct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-47189\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eoisabi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/give_the_fiddler_a_dram.jpg\" alt=\"give_the_fiddler_a_dram\" width=\"269\" height=\"269\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/give_the_fiddler_a_dram.jpg 236w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/give_the_fiddler_a_dram-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 269px) 100vw, 269px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<address style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>Worked all day with a bottle in my hand &#8211;\u00a0<strong>Come on and give the fiddler a dram . . .<\/strong><\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/address>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: left;\">\u221e\u00a0\u00a0&#8216;The Raggle Taggle Gypsy&#8217;\u00a0\u00a0 \u21d3 \u00a0 [with\u00a0Nickel Creek]<\/h6>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymotion.com\/video\/x82pux\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-47680\" src=\"http:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/trtg.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"609\" height=\"309\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">There were three old gypsies came to our house door<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\">They came brave and boldly-o<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\">The one sang high and the other sang low<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\">And the other sang a raggle taggle gypsy-o<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">It was upstairs downstairs the lady went<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\">Put on her suit of leather-o<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\">And there was a cry from around the door<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\">She&#8217;s away with the raggle taggle gypsy-o<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">It was late that night that the lord came in<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\">Inquiring for his lady-o<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\">And the servant girl she says to the lord<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\">She&#8217;s away with the raggle taggle gypsy-o<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\">Well saddle for me my milk white steed<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #003300;\">My big horse is not speedy-o<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #003300;\">I will ride, I will seek my bride<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #003300;\">She&#8217;s away with the raggle taggle gypsy-o<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\">He rode east and he rode west<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #333399;\">He rode north and south also<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #333399;\">Until he came to a wide open field<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #333399;\">It was there that he spied his lady-o<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\">Tell me how could you leave your goose feather bed<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #003300;\">Your blankets strewn so comely-o?<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #003300;\">How could you leave your newly wedded lord<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #003300;\">All for a raggle taggle gypsy-o?<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Well what do I care for my goose feather bed<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\">With all my blankets strewn comely-o?<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\">Tonight I lie in a wide open field<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\">In the arms of a raggle taggle gypsy-o<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\">Tell me how could you leave your house and your land?<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #003300;\">How could you leave your money-o?<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #003300;\">How could you leave your only wedded lord<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #003300;\">All for that raggle taggle gypsy-o?<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Well what do I care for my house and my land?<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\">And what do I care for money-o?<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\">I&#8217;d rather have a kiss from the yellow gypsy&#8217;s lips<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\">I&#8217;m away with the raggle taggle gypsy-o<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">I&#8217;m away with the raggle taggle gypsy-o<\/span><br \/>\n<i><\/i><\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: right;\">\u21d3\u00a0 &#8216;Frost Is All Over&#8217;<\/h6>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-VND5EkAGC4\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>&#8230; What would you do if the kettle boiled over?<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>What would I do but to fill it again<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>What would you do if the cows eat the clover?<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>What would I do but to set it again<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>The praties are dug and the frost is all over<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Kitty lie over close to the wall<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>How would you like to be married to a solider?<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Kitty lie over close to the wall<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">What would you do if you married a solider?<br \/>\nWhat would I do only follow his gun<br \/>\nWhat would you do if he died on the ocean?<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xNO7wBR89wQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-47690\" src=\"http:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/foggy-dew.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"256\" height=\"113\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/foggy-dew.png 397w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/foggy-dew-300x132.png 300w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/foggy-dew-150x66.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 256px) 100vw, 256px\" \/><\/a>What would I do only marry again<br \/>\nThe praties all boil and the herrings are roasted<br \/>\nKitty lie over close to the wall<br \/>\nYou to be drunk and I to be sober<br \/>\nKitty lie over close to the wall<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>What would you do if the kettle . . .<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u21d0\u00a0w\/ <strong>Sinead O&#8217;Connors<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As down the glen one Easter morn to a city fair rode I,<br \/>\nThere armed lines of marching men in squadrons passed me by.<br \/>\nNo pipe did hum, no battle drum did sound its loud tattoo<br \/>\nBut the Angelus&#8217; bells o&#8217;er the Liffey swells rang out in the foggy dew.<\/p>\n<p>Right proudly high in Dublin town hung they out a flag of war.<br \/>\n&#8216;Twas better to die &#8216;neath an Irish sky than at Suvla or Sud el Bar.<br \/>\nAnd from the plains of Royal Meath strong men came hurrying through;<br \/>\nWhile Brittania&#8217;s Huns with their long-range guns sailed in through the foggy dew.<\/p>\n<p>The bravest fell, and the requiem bell\u00a0rang mournfully and clear<br \/>\nFor those who died that Easter-tide\u00a0in the springing of the year.<br \/>\nWhile the world did gaze with deep amaze\u00a0at those fearless men but few<br \/>\nWho bore the fight that freedom&#8217;s light\u00a0might shine through the foggy dew&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\u2234<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>\u2207\u00a0 The Chieftains<\/strong> perform for a World Cafe Sense of Place Session\u00a0 \u00a0\u21d3\u00a0 [2018]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sSB1jOimriI\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>\u00abThe Wind From The South\u00bb, \u00abPrincess Royal\u00bb, \u00abNine Points of Roguery\u00bb,\u00bbChattering Magpies\u00bb, <\/em>and <em>\u00abThe Pretty Girls of Mayo\u00bb<\/em><\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u221e \u00a0The Chieftains &amp; The Corrs \u00a0\u21d3 \u00a0&#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Mdzx1mqE30A#t=12\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lough Erin Shore&#8217;<\/a>\u00a0\u2190<\/h6>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ko9nRrE31bI\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>\u2022\u2192 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ELHJ1Ky8Ro8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Txalapartari<\/a><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ELHJ1Ky8Ro8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> \u00a0eta\u00a0\u00a0<\/a><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ELHJ1Ky8Ro8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chieftains<\/a>\u00a0\u21d0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VnH0YVpafVM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-46489\" src=\"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/OSullivansMarch.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"351\" height=\"197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/OSullivansMarch.jpg 283w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/OSullivansMarch-150x84.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 351px) 100vw, 351px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">\u00a4 \u00a0VAN \u00a0MORRISON<\/span><\/h3>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #003366;\">\u2666 \u00a0&#8216;Raglan Road&#8217;\u00a0 \u21d3\u00a0 \u00a0[with The Chieftains]<\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00ab<strong>On Raglan Road<\/strong>\u00bb is a well-known Irish song from a poem written by Irish poet <strong>Patrick Kavanagh<\/strong> named after Raglan Road in Ballsbridge, Dublin. It was first published as a poem on 3 October 1946 under the title <em>\u00abDark Haired Miriam Ran Away.\u00bb<\/em> The poem was put to music when the poet met Luke Kelly of the well-known Irish band The Dubliners in a pub in Dublin called The Bailey.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YS4qb0kbNBg\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong>On Raglan Road on an Autumn Day,<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>I saw her first and knew<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #003366;\"> <strong>That her dark hair would weave a snare that I may one day rue.<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #003366;\"> <strong>I saw the danger, yet I walked along the enchanted way<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #003366;\"> <strong>And I said let grief be a falling leaf at the dawning of the day.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong>On Grafton Street in November,<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #003366;\"> <strong>We tripped lightly along the ledge<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #003366;\"> <strong>Of a deep ravine where can be seen<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #003366;\"> <strong>The worst of passions pledged.<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #003366;\"> <strong>The Queen of Hearts still baking tarts<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>And I not making hay,<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #003366;\"> <strong>Well I loved too much; by such and such<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #003366;\"> <strong>Is happiness thrown away.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong>I gave her the gifts of the mind.\u00a0I gave her the secret sign<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #003366;\"> <strong>That&#8217;s known to all the artists who have known true Gods of Sound and Time.<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #003366;\"> <strong>With word and tint I did not stint.<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #003366;\"> <strong>I gave her reams of poems to say<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #003366;\"> <strong>With her own name there and her shiny dark hair<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #003366;\"> <strong>Like the clouds over fields of May.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong>On a quiet street where old ghosts meet,<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #003366;\"> <strong>I see her walking now away from me,<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #003366;\"> <strong>So hurriedly. My reason must allow,<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #003366;\"> <strong>For I have wooed, not as I should<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #003366;\"> <strong>A creature made of clay.<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #003366;\"> <strong>When the angel woos the clay, he&#8217;ll lose his wings at the dawn of the day<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u2207\u00a0 &#8216;Crazy Love&#8217;\u00a0 \u21d3\u00a0 \u00a0[1989]<\/h6>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/q1EoT9sedqY\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\">I can hear her heart beat for a thousand miles<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\"> And the heaven&#8217;s open every time she smiles<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\"> And when I come to her that&#8217;s where I belong<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\"> Yet I&#8217;m running to her like a river&#8217;s song<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\">She give me love, love, love, love, crazy love . . .<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\">She&#8217;s got a fine sense of humor when I&#8217;m feeling low down<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\"> And when I come to her when the sun goes down<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\"> Take away my trouble, take away my grief<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\"> Take away my heartache, in the night like a thief<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\">She give me love, love, love, love, crazy love . . .<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Yes I need her in the daytime\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0Yes I need her in the night<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\"> Yes I want to throw my arms around her<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\"> Kiss her hug her kiss her hug her tight<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\">And when I&#8217;m returning from so far away<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\"> She gives me some sweet lovin&#8217; brighten up my day<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\"> Yes it makes me righteous, yes it makes me feel whole<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\"> Yes it makes me mellow down in to my soul<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>She give me love, love, love, love, crazy love\u00a0. . .<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: left;\">\u2207 \u00a0&#8216;Keep It Simple&#8217; \u00a0\u21d3<\/h6>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nXXFKhyrq7w\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>They mocked me when I was singing the songs<br \/>\nTrying to get back to something more simple than we have<br \/>\nThey mocked me &#8216;cos I told it like it was<\/p>\n<p>Wrote about disappointment and greed<br \/>\nWrote about\u00a0things\u00a0we really didn&#8217;t need in our lives<br \/>\nMake us feel alive and whole<\/p>\n<p>Illusions and pipe dreams on the one hand &#8211;\u00a0And straight reality is always cold<br \/>\nSaying something hard edged is off the wall &#8211;\u00a0And it just might seem too bold<\/p>\n<p>Well, they mocked me when it got out of hand<br \/>\nNobody tried to understand<br \/>\nNow we got to keep it simple and that&#8217;s that<\/p>\n<p>Illusions and pipe dreams on the one hand &#8211;\u00a0And straight reality sometimes seems too\u00a0cold<br \/>\nSaying something hard edged is off the wall &#8211;\u00a0And it just might be to be so\u00a0bold<\/p>\n<p>Well I&#8217;m down here on the running board<br \/>\nWhere I&#8217;ve been many times before<br \/>\nBut I got to keep it simple to save\u00a0myself<\/p>\n<p>Mocked me when I tried to get back<br \/>\nSaid the train was completely off the track<br \/>\nAnd we got to get back to something simple to save ourselves<\/p>\n<p>Whoa we got to get back to something simple just to save ourselves<br \/>\nWell got to get back to something simple just to save ourselves<br \/>\nWell you got to keep it simple &#8211; and that&#8217;s that<\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: right;\">\u2666 \u00a0&#8216;Born To Sing&#8217; \u00a0\u2193 \u00a0[2012]<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qEzVwxontqw\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<address style=\"text-align: right;\">Man can be king &#8211;\u00a0Seems to have everything<br \/>\nBut it comes with a sting when you were born to sing<br \/>\nReason doesn&#8217;t walk in &#8211;\u00a0It&#8217;s not done on a whim<br \/>\nPassion&#8217;s everything when you were born to sing<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: right;\">\u00a0<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: right;\">Feeling good, singing the blues<br \/>\nYou know it ain&#8217;t easy keep on paying them dues<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: right;\">When the band starts to swing, then you know everything<\/address>\n<div>\n<address style=\"text-align: right;\">Deep down in your heart you know you were born to sing<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: right;\">When you came in &#8211;\u00a0No original sin<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: right;\">You were born away &#8216;cause you were born to sing<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: right;\">Reason doesn&#8217;t walk in &#8211;\u00a0It&#8217;s not done on a whim<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: right;\">Passion&#8217;s everything when you were born to sing<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: right;\">\u00a0<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: right;\">Feeling good, singing the blues<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: right;\">You know it ain&#8217;t easy keep on paying them dues<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: right;\">When it comes to the part &#8211;\u00a0Well let&#8217;s not stop and start<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: right;\">[. . .?] you were born to sing<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>When it gets to the part when the band starts to swing<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>Then you know everything\u00a0&#8216;cause you were born to sing&#8230;<\/strong><\/address>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yahMUgLf6ls\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-45018\" src=\"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/open_door_heart..jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"169\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/open_door_heart..jpg 195w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/open_door_heart.-113x150.jpg 113w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/><\/a> \u00a0<strong>\u21d4<a href=\"http:\/\/www.azlyrics.com\/lyrics\/vanmorrison\/openthedoortoyourheart.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8216;Open The Door (To Your Heart)&#8217;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #003300;\">\u2666 \u00a0&#8216;On Hyndford Street&#8217; \u00a0\u2193<\/span><\/h5>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uZEbwbazNVU\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<address><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong>Take me back, take me way, way, way back<\/strong><\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong>On Hyndford Street &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Where you could feel the silence at half past eleven o<\/strong><strong>n long summer nights<\/strong><\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong>As the wireless played Radio Luxembourg\u00a0<\/strong><strong>And the voices whispered across Beechie River<\/strong><\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong>In the quietness as we sank into restful slumber in the silence<\/strong><\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong>And carried on dreaming, in God<\/strong><\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"color: #003300;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong>And walks up Cherry Valley from North Road Bridge, railway line o<\/strong><strong>n sunny summer afternoons<\/strong><\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong>Picking apples from the side of the tracks t<\/strong><strong>hat spilled over from the gardens of the houses on Cyprus Avenue<\/strong><\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong>Watching the moth catcher working the floodlights in the evenings<\/strong><\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong>And meeting down by the pylons<\/strong><\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong>Playing round Mrs. Kelly&#8217;s lamp<\/strong><\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong>Going out to Holywood on the bus\u00a0<\/strong><strong>And walking from the end of the lines to the seaside<\/strong><\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong>Stopping at Fusco&#8217;s for ice cream i<\/strong><strong>n the days before rock `n&#8217; roll<\/strong><\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong>Hyndford Street, Abetta Parade,\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Orangefield, St. Donards Church,\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Sunday six bells, <\/strong><\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong>and in between the silence there was conversation a<\/strong><strong>nd laughter, and music and singing, and shivers up the back of the neck<\/strong><\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"color: #003300;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong>And tuning in to Luxembourg late at night\u00a0<\/strong><strong>And jazz and blues records during the day<\/strong><\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong>Also Debussy on the third programme e<\/strong><strong>arly mornings when contemplation was best<\/strong><\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong>Going up the Castlereagh hills\u00a0<\/strong><strong>And the cregagh glens in summer and coming back\u00a0<\/strong><strong>To Hyndford Street, feeling wondrous and lit up inside\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong>With a sense of everlasting life<\/strong><\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong>And reading Mr. Jelly Roll and Big Bill Broonzy\u00a0<\/strong><strong>And \u00abReally The Blues\u00bb by \u00abMezz\u00bb Mezzro\u00a0<\/strong><strong>And \u00abDharma Bums\u00bb by Jack Kerouac<\/strong><\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong>Over and over again<\/strong><\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong>And voices echoing late at night over Beechie River<\/strong><\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong>And it&#8217;s always being now, and it&#8217;s always being now<\/strong><\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong>And it&#8217;s always now&#8230; It&#8217;s always now<\/strong><\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong>Can you feel the silence?<\/strong><\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"color: #003300;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong>On Hyndford Street where you could feel the silence<\/strong><\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong>At half past eleven on long summer nights<\/strong><\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong>As the wireless played Radio Luxembourg<\/strong><\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong>And the voices whispered across Beechie River<\/strong><\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong>And in the quietness we sank into restful slumber in silence<\/strong><\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong>And carried on dreaming in God.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/address>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u221e\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ZPfybDTJ-Bo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8216;Coney Island&#8217;<\/a> \u00a0\u21d3 \u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">(*) \u2026The term <em>\u00abCRAIC\u00bb<\/em> has nothing to do with the drug (<em>\u00abcrack\u00bb<\/em>) though they both sound the same. <strong>\u00abCraic\u00bb<\/strong> is the magic word used throughout Ireland (Eire + Ulster) to refer to a nice chat with your mates, a good time in company of your friends.<\/p>\n<address><strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Coney Island<\/span><\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Coming down from Downpatrick\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0Stopping off at St. John&#8217;s Point<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> <span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Out all day birdwatching\u00a0and the craic was good \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">(*)<\/span><br \/>\n<strong> <span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Stopped off at Strangford Lough\u00a0early in the morning<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> <span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Drove through Shrigley taking pictures\u00a0and on to Killyleagh<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> <span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Stopped off for Sunday papers at the\u00a0Lecale District, <\/span><\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">just before Coney Island<\/span><\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">On and on, over the hill to Ardglass\u00a0in the jamjar, <\/span><\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">autumn sunshine, magnificent\u00a0and all shining through<\/span><\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Stop off at Ardglass for a couple of jars of\u00a0mussels and some potted herrings <\/span><\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">in case\u00a0we get famished before dinner<\/span><\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">On and on, over the hill and the craic is good \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u00a0(*)<\/span><br \/>\n<strong> <span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Heading towards Coney Island<\/span><\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">I look at the side of your face as the sunlight comes<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> <span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Streaming through the window in the autumn sunshine<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> <span style=\"color: #800080;\"> And all the time going to Coney Island I&#8217;m thinking,<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> <span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Wouldn&#8217;t it be great if it was like this all the time.<\/span><\/strong><\/address>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mn2CeHlKrTw\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>\u2022 \u2022\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BteIwbKU_iQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8216;<\/a>Days Like This&#8217;\u00a0\u00a0\u21d1<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\">When it&#8217;s not always raining, there&#8217;ll be days like this<\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\">When there&#8217;s no one complaining, there&#8217;ll be days like this<\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\">When everything falls into place like the flick of a switch<\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Well my mama told me there&#8217;ll be days like this<\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\">When you don&#8217;t need to worry, there&#8217;ll be days like this<\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\">When no one&#8217;s in a hurry, there&#8217;ll be days like this<\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">When you don&#8217;t get betrayed by that old Judas kiss<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Oh my mama told me there&#8217;ll be days like this<\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\">When you don&#8217;t need an answer, there&#8217;ll be days like this<\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\">When you don&#8217;t meet a chancer, there&#8217;ll be days like this\u00a0<\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<address><span style=\"color: #808080;\">When all the parts of the puzzle start to look like they fit<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Then I must remember there&#8217;ll be days like this<\/span><\/address>\n<address>\u00a0<\/address>\n<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\">When everyone is up front and they&#8217;re not playing tricks<\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\">When you don&#8217;t have no freeloaders out to get their kicks<\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\">When it&#8217;s nobody&#8217;s business the way that you wanna live<\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">I just have to remember\u00a0there&#8217;ll be days like this<\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\">When no one steps on my dreams, there&#8217;ll be days like this<\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\">When people understand what I mean, there&#8217;ll be days like this<\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\">When you ring out the changes of how everything is<\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Well my mama told me there&#8217;ll be days like this&#8230;\u00a0<\/span><\/address>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: left;\">\u25ca \u00a0&#8216;<b>When The Leaves Come Falling Down&#8217; \u00a0\u2193<\/b><\/h6>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Z7pAhNumuvo\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I saw you standing with the wind and the rain in your face<br \/>\nAnd you were thinking &#8216;bout the wisdom of the leaves and their grace<br \/>\nWhen the leaves come falling down<br \/>\nIn September when the leaves, come falling down<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">And at night the moon is shining on a clear, cloudless sky<br \/>\nAnd when the evening shadows fall I&#8217;ll be there by your side<br \/>\nWhen the leaves come falling down<br \/>\nIn September when the leaves, come falling down<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Follow me down, follow me down, follow me down<br \/>\nTo the place beside the garden and the wall<br \/>\nFollow me down, follow me down<br \/>\nTo the space before the twilight and the dawn<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Oh, the last time I saw Paris in the streets, in the rain<br \/>\nAnd as I walk along the boulevards with you, once again<br \/>\nAnd the leaves come falling down<br \/>\nIn September, when the leaves come falling down<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Follow me down, follow me down, follow me down<br \/>\nTo the place between the garden and the wall<br \/>\nFollow me down, follow me down<br \/>\nTo the space between the twilight and the dawn<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">And as I&#8217;m looking at the colour of the leaves, in your hand<br \/>\nAs we&#8217;re listening to Chet Baker on the beach, in the sand<br \/>\nWhen the leaves come falling down,<br \/>\nWoe in September, when the leaves come falling down<br \/>\nOh when the leaves come falling down<br \/>\nYeah in September when the leaves come falling down<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">When the leaves come falling down<br \/>\nIn September, when the leaves come falling down<br \/>\nWhen the leaves come falling down in September, in the rain<br \/>\nWhen the leaves come falling down . . .<\/p>\n<h6><span style=\"color: #003300;\">\u2666 \u00a0&#8216;I&#8217;m Not Feeling It Anymore&#8217; \u21d3<\/span><\/h6>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AJt63rFSL2E\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<address><span style=\"color: #003300;\">Have to get back, have to get back the base<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"color: #003300;\">I need to talk to somebody \u00a0I can trust<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #003300;\"> There&#8217;s always too many cooks \u00a0out there\u00a0 tryin&#8217; to spoil the broth<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #003300;\">And I can&#8217;t feel it in my throat, that&#8217;s all she wrote<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong>I&#8217;m not feeling it no more, I&#8217;m not feeling it anymore<\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong>Tryin&#8217; to give you the score \u00a0just like I did before<\/strong><\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"color: #003300;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/address>\n<address>\n<address><span style=\"color: #003300;\">Now when I was high at the party, everything was always looking so good<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #003300;\"> I was seein&#8217; through rose coloured glasses<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #003300;\"> But I wasn&#8217;t seein&#8217; the trees for the woods<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #003300;\"> I started out in normal operation \u00a0but I just ended up in doubt<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #003300;\">Well all my so-called drinking buddies just mess\u00a0me about<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #003300;\"> <strong>I&#8217;m not feelin&#8217; it no more, Not feelin&#8217; it anymore<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #003300;\"> <strong>I&#8217;m tryin&#8217; to give you the score just\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong>like I did before<\/strong><\/span><\/address>\n<address>\u00a0<\/address>\n<\/address>\n<address><span style=\"color: #003300;\">You see me up there, I&#8217;m on that TV screen<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #003300;\"> But you should know better now, I told you before, it&#8217;s all\u00a0so unreal<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #003300;\"> If this is success, then surely something must be wrong<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"color: #003300;\">All I need is sell my soul with a fountain pen, then I just had to play alone<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong>But I&#8217;m not feelin&#8217; it no more, I&#8217;m not feelin&#8217; it anymore<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #003300;\"> <strong>Tryin&#8217; to give you the score, \u00a0just like I did before<\/strong><\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong>All right!<\/strong><\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"color: #003300;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"color: #003300;\">We all know that money don&#8217;t buy you love<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #003300;\"> As for me all I need is a job, a roof over my head and somewhere to live<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #003300;\"> Got to look for happiness always within yourself<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #003300;\"> And don&#8217;t go chasin&#8217; thinkin&#8217; that it is up there, somewhere else<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong>Oh, I&#8217;m not feelin&#8217; it no more, \u00a0I&#8217;m not feelin&#8217; it anymore<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #003300;\"> <strong>Tryin&#8217; to give you the score, \u00a0just like I did before<\/strong><\/span><\/address>\n<address>\u00a0<\/address>\n<address><span style=\"color: #003300;\">He\/She\u00a0was pretending all the time\u00a0<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"color: #003300;\">She was\u00a0givin&#8217; everybody what they wanted and then she completely\u00a0lost her mind\u00a0<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"color: #003300;\">And all he ever wanted was simply just to be<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #003300;\"> He was searchin&#8217; for the truth\u00a0but the truth never set anybody free<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong>No-no-no-no\u00a0Not feelin&#8217; it no more, I&#8217;m not feelin&#8217; it anymore<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #003300;\"> <strong>Tryin&#8217; to give you the score, \u00a0just like I did before . . .<\/strong><\/span><\/address>\n<address>\u00a0<\/address>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u2207 \u00a0\u00a0<a style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: 600; text-align: right;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=j1bBhKPmWfA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8216;These Are The Days&#8217;<\/a><span style=\"color: inherit; font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: 600; text-align: right;\"> \u21d3<\/span><\/h6>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_lyve_egY8o\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JLuOA5VcQko\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-42464\" src=\"http:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/cleaningwindows.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"142\" height=\"235\" \/><\/a><\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: right;\"><\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: right;\"><\/h6>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u2234<\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>\u2190<a href=\"http:\/\/pop.genius.com\/Van-morrison-cleaning-windows-lyrics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8216;Cleaning Windows&#8217;<\/a>\u21d0<\/strong><\/h6>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">\u2234<\/p>\n<h5><\/h5>\n<h5 id=\"watch-headline-title\" class=\"yt\" style=\"font-weight: normal; color: #222222; text-align: center;\"><span id=\"eow-title\" class=\"watch-title long-title yt-uix-expander-head\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #800000;\" title=\"Chet Baker. Live At Ronnie Scott's - Send in The Clowns (Van Morrison on vocals)\"><strong>\u221e \u00a0w\/ \u00a0Chet Baker \u21d3 &#8216;Send in The Clowns&#8217; \u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<address class=\"yt\" style=\"font-weight: normal; color: #222222; text-align: right;\"><span id=\"eow-title\" class=\"watch-title long-title yt-uix-expander-head\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #800000;\" title=\"Chet Baker. Live At Ronnie Scott's - Send in The Clowns (Van Morrison on vocals)\">[@\u00a0Ronnie Scott&#8217;s]<\/span><\/address>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OoHBUtGMxFs\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Isn&#8217;t it rich, are we a pair<\/span><br style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #444433;\" \/><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Me finally here on the\u00a0<span id=\"IL_AD2\" class=\"IL_AD\">ground<\/span><\/span><br style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #444433;\" \/><span style=\"color: #800000;\">and you in mid-air<\/span><br style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #444433;\" \/><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Send in the clowns &#8230;<\/strong><\/span><br style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #444433;\" \/><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Isn&#8217;t it bliss, don&#8217;t you approve<\/span><br style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #444433;\" \/><span style=\"color: #800000;\">One who keeps standing around<\/span><br style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #444433;\" \/><span style=\"color: #800000;\">One who can&#8217;t move<\/span><br style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #444433;\" \/><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Send in &#8230; Send in the clowns<\/span><br style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #444433;\" \/><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Just when I&#8217;d stopped\u00a0<span id=\"IL_AD1\" class=\"IL_AD\">opening<\/span>\u00a0doors<\/span><br style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #444433;\" \/><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Finally knowing the one that I wanted was yours<\/span><br style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #444433;\" \/><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Making my entrance again with my usual flair<\/span><br style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #444433;\" \/><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Sure of my lines<\/span><br style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #444433;\" \/><span style=\"color: #800000;\">No one was there<\/span><br style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #444433;\" \/><span style=\"color: #800000;\">A farce&#8230; My fault I fear,<\/span><br style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #444433;\" \/><span style=\"color: #800000;\">I thought that you&#8217;d want what I want<\/span><br style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #444433;\" \/><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Sorry my dear!<\/span><br style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #444433;\" \/><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Send in\u00a0the clowns &#8230;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Isn&#8217;t it rich, isn&#8217;t it queer<\/span><br style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #444433;\" \/><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Losing my timing this late in my career<\/span><br style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #444433;\" \/><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Send in\u00a0the clowns . . .<\/strong><\/span><br style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #444433;\" \/><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Send them all in &#8230;<\/span><br style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #444433;\" \/><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Don&#8217;t bother, they&#8217;re here<\/span><\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: left;\">\u2022\u2192 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PibbKXijO68\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8216;<\/a><span id=\"eow-title\" class=\"watch-title \" dir=\"ltr\" title=\"Van Morrison Reminds me of you\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PibbKXijO68\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Reminds me of you&#8217;\u00a0<\/a>\u21d0<\/span><span style=\"color: #666699;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/h6>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #003300;\">\u2207\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Rpq5vDccLTg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\">&#8216;<\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #003300;\">Have I told you lately that I love you&#8217;<\/span> \u00a0\u2193<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=iMW5c1GPoPs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-50536\" src=\"http:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/HaveItoldyoulately....jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/HaveItoldyoulately....jpg 225w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/HaveItoldyoulately...-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong>Have I told you lately that I love you<\/strong><\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong>Have I told you there&#8217;s no one else above you<\/strong><\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong>Fill my heart with gladness &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Take away my sadness<\/strong><\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong>Ease my troubles, that&#8217;s what you do\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong>F<\/strong>or the morning sun in all it&#8217;s glory<\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\">greets the day with hope and comfort too<\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\">You fill my life with laughter &#8211;\u00a0you can make it better<\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\">Ease my troubles that&#8217;s what you do<\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong>T<\/strong>here&#8217;s a love that&#8217;s divine,\u00a0and it&#8217;s yours and it&#8217;s mine like the sun<\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\">At the end of the day we should give thanks and pray\u00a0to the one<\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong>Have I told you lately that I love you<\/strong><\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong>Have I told you there&#8217;s no one above you<\/strong><\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong>Fill my heart with gladness &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Take away all my sadness<\/strong><\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong>Ease my troubles that&#8217;s what you do\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong>T<\/strong>here&#8217;s a love that&#8217;s divine\u00a0and it&#8217;s yours and it&#8217;s mine just like the sun<\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\">And at the end of the day\u00a0we should give thanks and pray\u00a0to the one, to the one\u00a0<\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong>Have I told you lately that I love you<\/strong><\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong>Have I told you there&#8217;s no one above you<\/strong><\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong>You fill my heart with gladness &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong><strong>take away my sadness<\/strong><\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong>Ease my troubles &#8211; that&#8217;s what you do<\/strong><\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong>T<\/strong>ake away all my sadness &#8211;\u00a0Fill my life with gladness<\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\">Ease my troubles that&#8217;s what you do<\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong>F<\/strong>ill my life with gladness &#8211;\u00a0Take away all my sadness<\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\">Ease my troubles that&#8217;s what you do<\/span><\/address>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=aL_LR3x4hXA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-45016\" src=\"http:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/MagicTime.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>::: \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0<strong>\u21d4 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.azlyrics.com\/lyrics\/vanmorrison\/magictime.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8216;Magic Time&#8217;<\/a><\/strong> \u21d0[lyrics]<\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"color: #333300;\"><span id=\"__mceDel\"> \u2207<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #008000;\">\u00a0 \u00a0&#8216;<strong>One Irish Rover&#8217;\u00a0 \u21d3\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/h6>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qC14pZQ2nyA\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Tell me the story now &#8211;\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Now that it&#8217;s over<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Wrap it in glory f<\/span><span style=\"color: #008000;\">or one Irish Rover<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Tell me you see the light, t<\/span><span style=\"color: #008000;\">ell me that you know me<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Make it come out alright a<\/span><span style=\"color: #008000;\">nd wrap it in glory<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>I can tell by the light in your eye<\/strong><\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>That you&#8217;re so far away<\/strong><\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Like a ship out on the sea without a sail<\/strong><\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>you&#8217;ve gone astray<\/strong><\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Tell me the facts real straight<\/strong><\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Don&#8217;t make me over<\/strong><\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Wrap it in glory<\/strong><\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>For one Irish Rover . . .<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Tell me you see the light, t<\/span><span style=\"color: #008000;\">ell me that you know me<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Make it come out alright a<\/span><span style=\"color: #008000;\">nd wrap it in glory<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #008000;\">For one Irish Rover&#8230;<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #008000;\">One Irish Rover&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><strong>\u2666 \u00a0Live at Rockpalast \u00a0\u2193 \u00a0[1998]<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>Pee Wee Ellis<\/strong> &#8211; tenor sax +\u00a0<strong>Candy Dulfer<\/strong> &#8211; alto sax +<strong>\u00a0Matt Holland<\/strong> &#8211; trumpet +\u00a0<strong>Fred Wesley<\/strong> &#8211;\u00a0trombone\u00a0+\u00a0<strong>Katie Kissoon<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; vocals +\u00a0<strong>Ralph Salmins<\/strong>\u00a0&amp;\u00a0<strong>Geoff Dunn<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; drums +\u00a0<strong>Nicky Scott<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; bass +\u00a0<strong>John Savannah<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; keyboards +\u00a0<strong>Johnny Scott<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; guitar<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MlRLEKToJXY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-50539\" src=\"http:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/VanM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/VanM.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/VanM-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/VanM-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/VanM-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/VanM-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/VanM-400x225.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">-click for <strong>lyrics&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h6>01 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Instrumental intro \u00abChicken\u00bb<br \/>\n02 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.absolutelyrics.com\/lyrics\/view\/van_morrison\/jackie_wilson_said_(i'm_in_heaven_when_you_smile)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jackie Wilson said<\/a><br \/>\n03 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lyricsfreak.com\/v\/van+morrison\/these+dreams+of+you_20143099.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">These dreams of you<\/a><br \/>\n04 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.azlyrics.com\/lyrics\/vanmorrison\/raincheck.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Raincheck<\/a><br \/>\n05 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.azlyrics.com\/lyrics\/vanmorrison\/moondance.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Moondance<\/a><br \/>\n06 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.maxilyrics.com\/van-morrison-moondance-\/-my-funny-valentine-lyrics-fa3d.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">My funny Valentine<\/a><br \/>\n07 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.maxilyrics.com\/van-morrison-rough-god-goes-riding-lyrics-2271.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rough God goes riding<\/a><br \/>\n08 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.azlyrics.com\/lyrics\/vanmorrison\/givemeakissjustonesweetkiss.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Give me a kiss<\/a><br \/>\n09 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.stlyrics.com\/songs\/v\/vanmorrison4037\/thatslife192040.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">That&#8217;s life<\/a><br \/>\n10 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.absolutelyrics.com\/lyrics\/view\/van_morrison\/naked_in_the_jungle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Naked in the jungle<\/a><br \/>\n11 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.azlyrics.com\/lyrics\/vanmorrison\/intheafternoon.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">In the afternoon<\/a><br \/>\n12 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.azlyrics.com\/lyrics\/vanmorrison\/satisfied.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00a0Satisfied<\/a><br \/>\n13 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lyricsfreak.com\/v\/van+morrison\/georgia+on+my+mind_20207859.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Georgia on my mind<\/a><br \/>\n14 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.azlyrics.com\/lyrics\/vanmorrison\/callmeupindreamland.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Call me up in dreamland<\/a><br \/>\n15 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.elyrics.net\/read\/v\/van-morrison-lyrics\/summertime-in-england-lyrics.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Summertime in England<\/a><br \/>\n16 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.absolutelyrics.com\/lyrics\/view\/van_morrison\/see_me_through_,2f_soldier_of_fortune_,2f_thank_you_falettinme_be_mice_elf_agai\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Soldier of fortune (Medley)<\/a><br \/>\n17 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.azlyrics.com\/lyrics\/vanmorrison\/haveitoldyoulatelythatiloveyou.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Have I told you lately<\/a><\/h6>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a4\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.watchmojo.com\/video\/id\/11266\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Van Morrison Biography: \u00a0Life and Career of the Singer-Songwriter<\/a><\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VeHlnaMAHGg\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">He just wants to have one more moondance with you. Welcome to WatchMojo.com, and today we\u2019re taking a look at the life and career of Van Morrison.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022 \u00a0Musical Beginnings<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>George Ivan Morrison was born August 31st, 1945 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Thanks to his father\u2019s extensive record collection, he was exposed to music early and joined his first band at twelve.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022 \u00a0Them<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Morrison gained his first taste of success outside his homeland with the group Them in the mid-\u201860s. Their live shows, plus hits like their <em>\u201cBaby, Please Don\u2019t Go\u201d<\/em> cover got them noticed, and while Morrison penned the popular anthem, <em>\u201cGloria,\u201d<\/em> during his time with the band, he left Them in 1966 to pursue a solo career.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022 \u00a0Solo Debut<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He then recorded several tracks for Bang Records, which were released as Van Morrison\u2019s solo debut, <strong>Blowin\u2019 Your Mind!<\/strong> in 1967. Most notably, that rock and R&amp;B effort yielded the pop success which later became his signature tune and a much-covered track: <em>\u201cBrown Eyed Girl.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022 \u00a0\u201cAstral Weeks\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Despite personal and professional obstacles, Morrison soon found a home with Warner Bros. Records. With them, he released 1968\u2019s musical masterpiece, Astral Weeks. This record demonstrated his ambitious use of diverse genres and styles like blues, soul, jazz and folk. Despite slow-going commercial success, the concept album came to be known as one of Morrison\u2019s best works.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022 \u00a0\u201cMoondance\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1970\u2019s Moondance continued Morrison\u2019s critical recognition. It also heightened his fame and chart success after it reached Billboard\u2019s top thirty. The album saw the artist add R&amp;B and country rock to his sound and gave him a top forty single with <em>\u201cCome Running,\u201d<\/em> as well as a radio success with the title cut.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022 \u00a0Mixing Genres<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>That same year, Morrison had his highest charting single when <em>\u201cDomino\u201d<\/em> off <strong>His Band and the Street Choir<\/strong> peaked at number nine on Billboard. He released seven more studio albums during the 1970s, including the country-oriented <strong>Tupelo Honey<\/strong> and the genre-mixing top twenty record, <strong>Saint Dominic\u2019s Preview<\/strong>. Other significant efforts were the lyrically-complex Veedon Fleece, the gold-certified and pop-flavored <strong>Wavelength<\/strong> and the inspirational Into the Music.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022 \u00a0Transcendental Shows<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Notwithstanding bouts of stage fright, the Belfast Cowboy was at the height of his stage prowess during the \u201870s, as demonstrated on the live album, <strong>It\u2019s Too Late to Stop Now<\/strong> and during his legendary performance with The Band during <strong>The Last Waltz<\/strong> concert.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022 \u00a0Spiritual Music<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After opening the 1980s with the jazzy but poorly received Common One, Morrison returned to critics\u2019 favors with the Celtic-infused Beautiful Vision. He expanded his spiritual interests in many of that decade\u2019s albums. Examples included the heavily instrumental <strong>Inarticulate Speech of the Heart,<\/strong> the haunting <strong>No Guru, No Method, No Teacher<\/strong> and the highly regarded <strong>Poetic Champions Compose<\/strong>. 1989\u2019s <strong>Avalon Sunset<\/strong> even spawned a top twenty UK duet with Cliff Richard.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022 \u00a0Newfound Popularity in the 1990s<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>While continuing to tour and record new material, the artist gained newfound popularity in the early \u201890s with The Best of Van Morrison compilation. Notable records from this period included the critically and commercially well-received <strong>Too Long in Exile,<\/strong> the Mercury Prize-nominated <strong>Days Like This<\/strong>, and the blues and R&amp;B disc <strong>Back on Top<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022 \u00a0Success in the Twenty-first Century<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In addition to writing new music, Morrison launched his own label, played several gigs and issued several compilations in the new millennium. Following a duet album with Linda Gail Lewis, he reached the top thirty with <strong>Down the Road<\/strong> and earned a Grammy nod for the bluesy <strong>What\u2019s Wrong with This Picture?<\/strong> In 2008, Van Morrison had his highest U.S. chart showing yet when <strong>Keep It Simple<\/strong> premiered at the tenth position of the Billboard 200.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022 \u00a0Born to Sing<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Born to Sing: No Plan B was unveiled in 2012. Serving up some of Van Morrison\u2019s political and social observations along with spiritual musings, the album also featured his trademark fusion of musical styles.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022\u00a0The Man<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>With his unique voice, poetic lyrics, and uplifting live performances, Van Morrison has proven his musical talents time and time again. But it\u2019s his mix of soul, pop, jazz, blues, R&amp;B, skiffle, Celtic folk, gospel and rock that truly makes him Van the Man.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a4 The Chieftains <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Irish band, which hasn&#8217;t stopped playing music since 1962, holds the record for being the artists who have toured the world more extensively: they&#8217;ve played countries which few people bother to visit. 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