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The Wild Barrow Road

from The Femme Fatale of Maine by The Jeremiahs

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"Ireland is the only nation in the world where procrastination takes on a sense of urgency" but putting things off,especially writing,arranging and rehearsing a tune for a gig can prove fatal. Yet there they were ,in the back seat of the car ,fiddle and whistle in full flight ,preparing a tune to be played in concert that very night.
This song is a snapshot of a brief moment in time, on a journey we were taking through the picture perfect rolling hills and valleys of Cumbria with summer in full bloom.
Things have a strange way of working themselves out.

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Preface

From the clicking of the cricket
To the buzzing of the bee,
The wild bird sings her chorus
And the seabirds cry at sea,
All of Nature's music
And all her wondrous tunes
Will ne'er compare to the one I heard
That moonlit night in June

THE WILD BARROW ROAD

ON THE WILD BARROW ROAD
AT TWENTY PAST NOON
AT THE FOOT OF THE HILLS
AT THE TAIL END OF JUNE
TWO BOYS IN THE BACK SEAT
PUT LEGS ON A TUNE
THAT THEY'LL PLAY DOWN IN BARROW
TONIGHT 'NEATH THE MOON
TONIGHT 'NEATH THE MOON
TONIGHT 'NEATH THE MOON
THAT THEY'LL PLAY DOWN IN BARROW
TONIGHT 'NEATH THE MOON

GREY BRIDGES FLYING OVER
AND FAST SWEEPING DOWN
TO THE WILD ROAD TO BARROW
BRINGING LIFEBLOOD TO TOWN
TWO BOYS IN THE BACK SEAT ARE CRAFTING A SOUND
THAT THEY'LL PLAY THERE TONIGHT
'NEATH THE MOONLIGHT ABOUND
'NEATH THE MOONLIGHT ABOUND
'NEATH THE MOONLIGHT ABOUND
THAT THEY'LL PLAY THERE TONIGHT
'NEATH THE MOONLIGHT ABOUND

AS WE DRIVE THROUGH THE VALLEY
WE RISE AND WE FALL
LIKE THIS TUNE WITH NO TOP OR NO BOTTOM AT ALL
WILL COAX FROM THE CROWD
A CELESTIAL CROON
WHEN IT'S PLAYED DOWN IN BARROW
TONIGHT 'NEATH THE MOON
TONIGHT 'NEATH THE MOON
TONIGHT 'NEATH THE MOON
WHEN IT'S PLAYED DOWN IN BARROW
TONIGHT 'NEATH THE MOON

TONIGHT 'NEATH THE MOON
TONIGHT 'NEATH THE MOON
WHEN IT'S PLAYED DOWN IN BARROW
TONIGHT 'NEATH THE MOON.

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from The Femme Fatale of Maine, released July 8, 2021

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The Jeremiahs Dublin, Ireland

The Jeremiahs is an Irish folk band that comprises four musicians who have come together with the common goal of writing, composing and performing folk songs and music.

From Dublin is singer Joe Gibney on vocals. On fiddle, viola and vocals is County Cork’s Niamh Varian-Barry (formerly of Solas). On flutes is the French born Julien Bruneteau and on Guitar is Dublin born James Ryan.
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