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In All Earnestness at the Liquor Store
- Tracy Mitchell
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Re: In All Earnestness at the Liquor Store
Gyp -- thanks.
Here's the actual poem set to music by Liam Clancy.
Clancy's musical rendition of Todhunter's Aghadoe
Here's the actual poem set to music by Liam Clancy.
Clancy's musical rendition of Todhunter's Aghadoe
Re: In All Earnestness at the Liquor Store
Excellent. Old Liam does it justice. Some lovely photographs too.
Gyppo
Gyppo
I've been writing ever since I realised I could. Storytelling since I started talking. Poetry however comes and goes
- Tracy Mitchell
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Re: In All Earnestness at the Liquor Store
Photos are amazing.
Re: In All Earnestness at the Liquor Store
Thanks for the link Tracy.
The repeats annoyed me when I read the poem...they work with music!
The repeats annoyed me when I read the poem...they work with music!
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Re: In All Earnestness at the Liquor Store
Colm -- repeats in my poem, in Todhunter's poem, or both??
Re: In All Earnestness at the Liquor Store
In Todhunter's poem.
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Re: In All Earnestness at the Liquor Store
Colm -- kind of you to respond in that manner. Todhunter, as we recall, was 'before Yeats'.
I think both sound better when recited with a fake Irish accent -- something I doubt you can accomplish.
I think both sound better when recited with a fake Irish accent -- something I doubt you can accomplish.