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Art, Fun, & Nonsense.
The Be Good Tanyas – Waitin’ Around to Die (Townes Van Zandt cover).
The Epic of Gilgamesh in Sumerian. Lots of info at the link. Video is subbed, in English.
Gjallarhorn – I Riden Så. Lyrics and translation below the fold.
Sister Rosetta Tharpe – Didn’t It Rain. (Manchester, England 1964.)
© C. Ford.
This day did not start out well, and it’s not looking to get a whole lot better. So, a light day, because I’m going to wander off and do something else. Anything else. See you all tomorrow.
UCD Choral Scholars – Mo Ghille Mear.
MO GHILLE MEAR Written by the eighteenth-century poet Seán Clárach Mac Dómhnaill, Mo Ghille Mear is a traditional allegorical song – similar to the Gaelic poetic form of the Aisling – in which the poet laments the departure of Prince Charles Edward Stuart (Bonnie Prince Charlie). As is customary, the poetic text portrays the land in decline in his absence. The drum used in this recording is the Irish single-headed frame drum, the bodhrán.
Text and Translation below the fold.
Pat Razket – Pirate’s Lullaby. Lyrics below the fold.
Moondog – Witch of Endor (1969).