Episode 020 - Hummingbird Sessions
Concert Time!
Welcome to Episode 020 (!!) of the Hummingbird Sessions - a St. Patrick's Day Celebration!
What was your favorite song in this concert? What is a song you'd love to hear in a future concert? Let us know in the comments below!
Sit back, turn up the volume and enjoy!
✨ The Set List ✨
1. Opening Set: Toss the Feathers / The Blarney Pilgrim
2. Grace O'Malley
3. "Bit Epic" Set: Sevens (Liz Carroll) / The Drunken Policecar / Box Reel II
4. Wild Rover
5. "Road Trip" Set: Farewell to Erin / Night Ride to Armagh (Brian Finnegan) / Road to Errogie (Adam Sutherland)
Lyrics -
Grace O'Malley
(G. Gothard, W. Gothard, S. Gothard)
Sunrise in the window
A vessel in the bay
Her father was the captain
And he would sail today
She fed the kitten and the hen
Jumped the gate and then
She cut off her hair, found shoes to wear
To look like one of the men
Her father he made fun
Oh no what have you done
I know you’d love to come my dear
But Grace you’re far too young
And he said:
No woman sails the sea
They would become weak at the knee
Stay here, be safe, on Erin’s shore
Just listen here to me
For you it cannot be
There are dangers out on the sea
Stay here, be safe
On Erin’s shore just listen here to me
She felt the sun on her face
The waves beneath her feet
Her father stood beside her
Laughing at his own defeat
She washed the cannon and the gun
Jumped the stairs and then
The captain roared a warning
All hands on deck, my men
Get down below my lass he said
This danger too shall pass
My men and I will defend the ship
And you will be safe at last
CHORUS
I will tell you a story of a girl young and bright
Red sky at night was her favorite light
Of saltwater, danger and true bravery
And the day Grace O’Malley first sailed the sea
Gunfire overhead
Dust fell to the floor
Grace refused to stay below
And crept out of the door
She climbed the rigging and the mast
Looked behind and then
A man behind her father came
A pirate with dagger in hand
She leapt down from the mast
Her cry alerted the crew
Onto the pirate’s back she fell
Before he ever knew
Here was an answer to their prayers
Victory was theirs
She saved the ship from pirates and
She saved her father’s crew
And they said :
This woman sails the sea, she won’t become weak at the knee
She is the pride of Erin’s shore, just listen here to me
For her it will always be a life upon the sea
She is the pride of Erin’s shore, just listen here to me
CHORUS
Wild Rover
(Traditional)
I've been a wild rover for many's the year
And I've spent all my money on whiskey and beer
But now I'm returning with gold in great store
And I never will play the wild rover no more
CHORUS
And it's no, nay, never
No nay never no more
Will I play the wild rover
No never, no more
I went into an ale house I used to frequent
And I told the landlady my money was spent
I asked her for credit, she answered me nay
Such a custom as yours I could have any day
CHORUS
Then out of my pockets, I took sovereigns bright
And the landlady's eyes opened wide with delight
She said I have whiskey and wines of the best
And the words that I spoke they were only in jest
CHORUS
I'll go home to my parents, confess what I've done
And I'll ask them to pardon their prodigal son
And if they caress me, as ofttimes before
Then I never will play the wild rover no more
CHORUS
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