I wish I was in Carrickfergus

Only for nights in Ballygrant

I would swim over the deepest ocean

The deepest ocean for my love to find

*But the sea is wide and I cannot swim over

And nor have I the wings to fly

But I wish I could find a handsome boatman

To ferry me over, to my love and die

My childhood days bring back sad reflections

Of happy times I spent so long ago

My boyhood friends and my own relations

Have all passed on now like melting snow

But I'll spend my days in endless roaming

Soft is the grass, my bed is free

Ah, to be back now in Carrickfergus

On that long road down to the sea

And in Kilkenny, it is reported

There are marble stones as black as ink

With gold and silver I would support her

But I'll sing no more now 'till I get a drink

For I'm drunk today, and I'm seldom sober

A handsome rover from town to town

Ah, but I'm sick now, and my days are numbered

So come all young men and lay me down

"Carrickfergus" is an Irish folk song. It is a typical lament of an Irish expatriate who wishes he was back in his homeland. The origins of the song are unclear, but it has been traced to an Irish language song, "The Sick Young Lover". In modern times, "Carrickfergus" became known after actor Peter O'Toole related it to Dominic Behan, who put it in print and made a recording in the mid-1960s. The middle verse was allegedly written by Behan.

The song has been recorded by many well known performers including Declan Affley, Joan Baez, Dominic Behan, Charlotte Church, De Dannan, Bryan Ferry, Brian Kennedy, Declan Galbraith, Loreena McKennitt, Orla Fallon, and Van Morrison. The song is a popular request at folk festivals and concerts, and was played at the 1999 funeral of John F. Kennedy, Jr.

最近都在聽Amy Nuttall的Best Days Album, 尤其Best Days, Friends For Life, Fields Of Gold, I Could Have Dreamed All Night, No Greater Gift很喜愛.

Friends Of Life

Hear the star whispering

In the raven sky

See the pale, crescent moon

Thought my sleepy eyes

Speak to me silently

Though we are apart

I can hear perfectly

Deep inside my heart

When the clouds block the sun

And your days are wild

Think of me far away

Peaceful as a child

Promises, long ago

Sill hold strong today

We will be friends for life...

Love will light our way

And we know honestly

Just how rare it is

That this vast, changing world

Sees a bond like this

Speck to me silently

Though we are apart

I can hear perfectly

Deep inside heart

Secrets safe, treasures shared

Trust beyond compare

Joy and pain, Love and hate

Find a mirror there

Fields Of Gold

(Original Singer, Sting) 

You'll remember me when the west wind moves

Upon the fields of barley

You'll forget the sun in this jealous sky

As we walk in fields of gold

So she took her love

For to gaze awhile

Upon the fields of barley

In his arms she hell as her hair came down

Among the fields of gold

Will you stay with me, will you be my love

Among the fields of barley

We'll forget the sun in this jealous sky

As we lie in the fields of golds…..

Whistle down the wind
Let your voices carry
Drown out all the rain
Light a patch of darkness
Treacherous and scary

Howl at the stars
Whisper when you're sleeping
I'll be there to hold you
I'll be there to stop
The chills and all the weeping

Make it clear and strong
So the whole night long
Every signal that you send
Until the very end
I will not abandon
You my precious friend

So try and stem the tide
Then you'll raise a banner
Send a flare up in the sky
Try to burn a torch
And try to build a bonfire
Every signal that you send
Until the very end
I'm there

So whistle down the wind
For I have always been
Right there

雨的氣息是回家的小路

路上有我追著你的腳步

腳下邊保存著昨天的溫度

你抱著我就像溫暖的大樹

雨下了走好路

這句話我記住

風再大吹不走祝福

雨過了就有路

像那年看日出

你牽著我穿過了霧

叫我看希望就在黑夜的盡處

哭過的眼看歲月更清楚

想一個人閃著淚光是一種幸福

又回到我離開家的小步

你送著我滿天燕子都在飛舞

雨下了走好路

這句話我記住

風再大吹不走祝福

雨過了就有路

像那年看日出

你牽著我穿過了霧

叫我看希望就在黑夜的盡處

雖然一個人

我並不孤獨

在心中你陪我看每一個日出

最近很喜愛聽陳潔麗翻唱蔡淳佳的陪我看日出, 今日再聽原唱者的版本; 更令人陶醉萬分。

人生可有知己