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    Ten track CD in a fully cardboard four-sided pack with eight page booklet, including full lyrics and credits, with beautiful original artwork by Irish artist Caitriona Sweeney.

    Includes unlimited streaming of The Wedding Above In Glencree via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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  • Limited edition signed CD (shipped from UK). Albums will be shipped on the released date, 24th February.
    Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    Ten track CD in a fully cardboard four-sided pack with eight page booklet, including full lyrics and credits, with beautiful original artwork by Irish artist Caitriona Sweeney. These are copies signed personally by Daoirí, limited to 100 copies only.

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This song was written by Ron Hynes from St. John’s in Newfoundland, Canada. I first heard Ron’s version of the song five of six years ago from Dublin guitarist Tony Byrne.

lyrics

01
Sonny lives on a farm in a wide open space
Take off your sneakers and stay out of the race
And lay down your head by that sweet river bed
Sonny always remembers the words mama said

Chorus
Sonny don’t go away I’m here all alone
Your daddy’s a sailor and he never comes home
And nights are so long and silence goes on
And I’m feeling so tired and not all that strong

02
Oh Sonny works the farm though he’s barely a man
And there ain’t that much to do but he does what he can
And he watches the sea from his room on the stairs
And the waves keep on rolling
They’ve done that for years

03
Well it’s one hundred miles to town Sonny’s never been there
So he goes to the highway and he stands and he stares
And the mail comes at four but the mailman is old
Oh but still he dreams his dreams full of silver and gold

Chorus

04
Sonny‘s dreams can’t be real they’re just stories he’s read
Stars in his eyes oh and dreams in his head
And he’s hungry inside for that wide world outside
I know I can’t hold him I’ve tried and I’ve tried and I’ve tried.

credits

from The Wedding Above In Glencree, track released January 27, 2023
Vocals and bouzouki - Daoirí Farrell / Guitar - Manus Lunny
Harmonium and fiddle - Pat Daly / Dobro - Jerry Douglas
Upright bass - Trevor Hutchinson

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Daoiri Farrell Dublin, Ireland

It’s commonly accepted that Dublin-born singer and bouzouki player Daoirí Farrell is one of most important singers to come out of Ireland in recent years. A product of Dublin’s famous club An Góilin Traditional Singers, since launching his own solo live career at the 2016 Celtic Connections, Daoirí has gone from strength to strength seeing him tour and play festival stages across the world. ... more

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