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The Wake Song

from The Note that Lingers On by Colum Sands

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The Wake Song
Words & Music : Colum Sands © Elm Grove Music

I was talking in my sleep about a wake,
I’m sorry for your trouble now, says I,
I awoke and thought of all the things we say
At the place where people come to laugh and cry

Chorus
Ah he went very sudden in the end,
But it’s good to see him looking like himself,
Sure he never done nobody no harm,
Except poor crayther to himself.

Does anybody know what age he was?
He was rightly up in years, said Miss McGrath
If he’d lived another fortnight I would say
He’d have lasted two weeks longer than me da.

That would leave him round the ninety mark, says I
Says oul McCabe, that’s not so oul at all
Sure I’m coming up on 95 myself,
I wonder what came over him at all.

chorus

Now far be it from me to be a judge,
But I know that I am talking among friends,
If you ask me what it was that done the harm,
He was trying to burn the candle at both ends.

Ah I didn’t like the cut of him last week,
Not looking like himself at all, I fear.
Still I’m glad to see he’s mended well since then,
Sure I haven’t seen him look so good in years.

chorus

Ken from Kent is feeling far from home
He’s sitting here not knowing what to think,
When someone comes and whispers in his ear -
The corpse’s brother’s wondering what you’ll drink?

I suppose it’s time that I was heading on,
Make room for these one’s standing in the hall,
Sure as somebody was saying up above,
A little while will have to do us all.

chorus

credits

from The Note that Lingers On, released June 1, 2003
Colum Sands : vocals, guitar, concertina & double bass
Brendan Monaghan : whistle & percussion
Ben Sands : backing vocals
Tom Sands : backing vocals and 5-string banjo

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Colum Sands Newry, UK

Colum Sands is a universal storyteller who draws on a long Irish tradition of poetic musicality to weave songs for the world.
Drawing on countless performances, Sands uses humour and shrewd observation to celebrate what unites rather than what separates. His latest album “Song Bridge” includes many of the songs written for his extensive environmental campaigning over the past two years.
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