Contemporary: Northern Sky<br>
Northern Sky<br>
by Mary McEvoy of Dublin, 1997<br>
Two verses and chorus<br>
(8-bit, mono): .mp3 (420 KB)<br>
Two verses and chorus (high quality): .mp3<br>
(371 KB)<br>
Full Song: .mp3 (827 KB)<br>
"Northern Sky" is performed by<br>
Mary McEvoy<br>
<br>
The recording was made at the Tommy Makem International Festival of Song,<br>
June 6, 2000.<br>
Recording and performance permission for this song can be obtained by<br>
writing<br>
to:<br>
Mary McEvoy, 11 Gordon Street, Ringsend, Dublin 4 Ireland<br>
When shadows linger on footpaths of stone<br>
I will come for you, and take you back home<br>
When harvest moons hang across the skyline<br>
I'll walk beside you with your hand in mine<br>
When darkness gathers the corners of time<br>
I'll be your singer with verses of rhyme<br>
For I am the one who remembers you<br>
And I am the one you deny<br>
I'll wait for you at the end of the rainbow<br>
where the green meets the gold northern sky<br>
Oh weary woman, your burden is brave<br>
Oh weary man, it's your soul you must save<br>
Plowing your furrow, together you stand<br>
One gazing skyward, the other sees land<br>
Where are the dreams that you wished for in vain<br>
Where are the promises made in your name?<br>
For I am the one who remembers you<br>
And I am the one you deny<br>
I'll wait for you at the end of the rainbow<br>
Where the green meets the gold northern sky<br>
The ghosts of our fathers have nothing to say<br>
As they roam through the streets at the end of each day<br>
Their silence is deafening, like a cannon it roars<br>
'Tis a cold comfort treaty that cannot end war<br>
Leinster is listening while Connaught awaits<br>
Munster lies waiting while Ulster's heart breaks<br>
For I am the one who remembers you<br>
And I am the one you deny<br>
I await for you at the end of the rainbow<br>
Where the green meets the gold northern sky<br>
Where the green meets the gold northern sky<br>