As football preoccupies many a mind, Boyle Singers gathered
for the June session.
Tidy Ann from
Euge. The Rigs of Rye, Clare, Banks of the Lee, from Frank and Marian
sang An Bonnan Buí.
Breege sang of Josie Mc Dermott, to remember him on his 20th
anniversary.
Jim, Carraig Dun
– heard from the McPeake family. Helen – a lovely melodic song, Be faithful lovely girl, be true to me
about a soldier going off to the Lebanon war.
Paddy sang about the fair in Dingle. His brother, Tom, Sunday morning going down. Paddy was
celebrating his 64th birthday whilst others were celebrating Andy
Irvine’s 70th!
Michael, Go lassie, go.
Marie, Dark -eyed gypsy oh. “There
were 3 gypsies” – it was beautiful. Bríd, The
Lakes of Sligo; Nace, Isle of hope, John, Lovely Rose of Clare. Nace also was “Sitting in the firelight,
rolling back the years’”... we all were, by the end of the night.
There were recitations: Gene Sheerin, Céilí Band; Frances, The
weather and Paraic, Unwelcome
visitors.
More news of weather from, Frank, “On a gloomy Summer’s
evening; George, “I’m sittting here and thinking of those days long ago...
Summer days were warmer then, long long before your time”.
Final count, forty songs, seven recitations and into the
small hours.
