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Homecomings

by Austin Durack

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1.
" The world I saw there was a joy to behold Twas' as fine as you'd find in the course of a stroll From the great hill of Keeper and the plains that she served To the spire of St John's and the shores of Lough Derg"
2.
"There was no clock to tell the time In those days no watch was mine We'd be listenin' and waitin' for you That rockin' sound and the horn you blew....."
3.
"I fell in love one winter's night many years ago Bodies did sway and music did play and youth was in full flow ..........."
4.
"You were only twenty eight years old Barely in your prime when you were called...."
5.
Keeper Song 03:05
6.
Instrumental guitar.
7.
" ..I clung to her neck and I held on tight with her gathering speed and me riding bareback into the breeze down the hill we used to call the well field."
8.
9.
"The moment I left school I bought a small guitar And a chord book to show me where to go But living in the country with no one there to teach me I turned to the radio."
10.
Instrumental guitar.
11.
"There's a bridge of stone a bridge of wonder Here in this place where I abide Down below the swans sail under Out of it's shadow and into the light"
12.
"Haven't got a care since the day I stopped thinkin' No word of complaint do I have for anyone..."
13.
Together 02:48
"We discovered love together Seeing love through lovers eyes As we lay beside each other I was yours and you were mine"
14.
Instrumental Guitar (Jig).
15.
"We're in this thing together we're not alone We can help each other by stayin' home Let's stay at home."
16.
"That cathedral served us well the day it rang our wedding bell With love and family, even more than I saw in my boyhood dream."
17.
"We'd find a perfect peace where joys would never cease Out there beneath a kindly sky We'd build a sweet little nest out there in the west And let the rest of the world go by"

about

A collection of songs and tunes reflecting life and love in my various homes in Birdhill, Co.Tipp (1947 - 1969), Woodlawn, Killarney ('69 -'71), Caherdavin, Limerick ('72 - 2003), O Briensbridge, Co Clare (2003 - '18) and Castletroy , Limerick ('18 - ). There's a one line reference ("the first time I left home I was much too young") to my time in 2 De La Salle Colleges in Co. Laois and Co Cork ('58 -'62) in the song My Boyhood Dream (tr. 15).

credits

released September 11, 2020

Austin Durack, composer of all works (IMRO Cop Con) except track 7 (a poem by Mike Durack with the tune of a song by John Woodcock Graves) and track 16 (from the singing of Vera Lynn).

Austin played acoustic and Spanish guitars (backing and lead work), concertina, dulcimer and keyboard on track.7, Matteo Cullen played keyboards (tr.3), Bríd Dunne played violin (tr.10) and Claire Lonergan sang one verse of melody and additional harmony on track 10.

A special word of thanks to Paul Durack (graphic design)

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Austin Durack Limerick, Ireland

After a previous career as a singer songwriter, Irish man Austin is now an instrumental guitarist (originals, folk, blues, Spanish, Jazz, Bossa Nova) Made 7 Irish TV appearances and performed live on RTE Radio many times Fingerpicker is his ninth solo album. He has had his music published in Ireland, USA , China,
Australia and New Zealand.
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