Heard this song this morning on a local radio station. Can't wrap it around my head that the whole song (obviously not the words) sounds just like The Twelfth of Never!!
This song will be played at my Grandfather's funeral this week as we lay him to rest , it was 1 of his favourite songs I've great memories of him singing it at my uncle's wedding. RIP Grandad 😢😢💚🧡🍀🇮🇪 🇮🇪
My favourite Country music singer @ lrish is MICK FLAVIN. I live in Scotland but l am lrish through @ through, l am so very proud of my roots in lreland. I have been married now 54 years. My husband is Scottish, but he absolutely loves going to lreland for the holidays. Maybe manage to get back home next year for a wee break. Not so easy now as l am 73 years old and my husband is 80 years old, but now has Alzheimer's @ Dementia illness. .l have a heart problem. But we must keep on living @ enjoying our Country music singing .It keeps us young at heart.Keep singing please Mick .Love to your beloved wife Mary and your 2 boys Michael and Ryan @ there families, now you may have grandchildren, lm nearly sure that yourself @ Mary , shall have the grandchildren absolutey spoiled, But like ourselves, that's why we love them so very much indeed. Would be lost without our wee grandson .Aged 3 years old just. Sending lots of love to you Mick @ Mary @ family members. Kindest Regards Elizabeth in Scotland ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Margo sings this song so well, as I think that it was meant to be sung by Sean McCarthy from Finuge in Kerry who wrote the song. A wonderful combination of Donegal and Kerry
You fought my darling Willie, all through the summer days. I heard the rifles firing in the mountains far away I held you in my arms then, your blood ran clear and bright, And you died in Shanagolden, on a lonely summer's night. Must be one of the most heart-rending descriptions of our heroes who fought to make us free and keep us free. Thanks to all the young brave men who fought for our freedom.
Hi I am nearly 15 yrs old I here my dad singing this ever time he’s drunk and he’s absolutely great wood make your skin crawl listen to him with a proper Irish accent I grow up in the uk actually never lived in Ireland for dad and mum has been here for years and how is able to show. The Irish accent is singing. This song is beyond me
The Lyrics The cold winds from the mountains are calling soft to me, The smell of scented heather brings bitter memories: The wild and lonely eagle up in the summer sky, Flies high o'er Shanagolden, where my young Willie lies. I met him in the winter time when snow was on the ground The Irish hills were peaceful and love was all around. Scarcely twenty years old, a young man in his prime. We were married, darling Willie by the eve of Christmas time. Do you remember darling, we walked the moonlit road I held you in my arms, love, I would never let you go. Our hands they were entwined, my love, all in the pale moonlight, By the fields of Shanagolden on a lonely winter's night. Then came the call to arms, love, the hills they were aflame. Down from the silent mountains, the Saxon strangers came. I held you in my arms love, my young heart wild with fear, In the fields by Shanagolden, in the springtime of the year. You fought my darling Willie, all through the summer days. I heard the rifles firing in the mountains far away I held you in my arms then, your blood ran clear and bright, And you died in Shanagolden, on a lonely summer's night. But that was long ago, my love, and our son grows fine and tall; The hills they are at peace again: the Saxon strangers gone. There's roses growing on your grave, there's an eagle in the sky , Flying high o'er Shanagolden, where my love Willie lies. As Margo sings the song with a couple of changes of words!
Having grown up not far from Shanagolden and now calling the USA home, this song takes me back to West Limerick every time I listen to it. Nobody can sing it like Margo. God bless to all who gave their lives in the cause of Irish freedom.
A great song written by Sean McCarthy from Kerry, He had no rhyming town in Kerry and luckily he had Shanagolden in County Limerick. A great song and someday I might visit Shanagolden on my way down to Kerry!
You wont hear this on RTE or that long string of miserys show, I forget his name, his face has the look of a hungry camel, or the Joe Duffy show, such shameful cowards in our national media.
Greetings Margo from West cork iremember you did a weekly show on television back in the seventies i used to watch it with my parents every week fantastic artist beautiful voice and the way you feel those songs lovely
Heard this song just after Ashling Murphy had died. Will forever think of her now when I hear this song. RIP Ashling, you beautiful soul. Amazing song. It's so beautiful I could cry, Margo what a voice!
It is a great song and it does evoke varying memories in us. It is a new memory for me now when I have read your post. When I hear this song again, I will indeed remember Ashling. Thank you Aidan for keeping Ashling in our thoughts.
