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Cpat Hair

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0 posted 2003-04-21 03:03 PM

I heard the music playing
And the words fell on my ears
In swirls of crimson clearing
with the weight of all your tears

Could I see the morning sunshine
Without the silver dew
Could I watch a thousand sunsets
In the heart of only you

I saw your body swaying
To the tempo of my fears
And saw your eyes a playing
On mine for a million years

Could I touch the very heart of you
Without the pain of sudden bleed
Could I find it all so true
That your arms would fill my need

Sing to me in Gaelic
And sing to me alone
A dance we'll do together
Upon this hearth called home

For I've seen the smoke in rising
upon a winters day
and heard the sound of laughter
of innocents at play

I've watched the battles raging
heard the thunder rolling in
a thousand times a waging
I'd soon die for all my sins

Then I thought about you singing
to me on summer nights
and of the bells a ringing
upon the mountain heights

As I heard the music playing
and the words fell on my ears
In swirls of crimson clearing
with the weight of all your tears

Sing to me in Gaelic
And sing to me alone
A dance we'll do together
Upon this hearth called home

[This message has been edited by Cpat Hair (04-21-2003 03:12 PM).]

Martie

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1 posted 2003-04-21 03:06 PM

Oh my!! Ron, this is such a sweet love song...so tenderly tuned.

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2 posted 2003-04-21 03:10 PM

Ah, this had me swaying...

wonderful rhyming and heart story...

Another nice...so talented a joy to read...

Hugs, Pat

..without surrender, be on good terms with all persons..
"Desiderata"

Cpat Hair

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3 posted 2003-04-21 03:11 PM

Thanks Martie... I heard a report on PBS while I was out grabbing lunch and it spoke to the fact only 60 thousand people are left in Scotland that speak Gaelic. It went on to report on how a group of musicians was working to spark a new interest in the language and played a cut from one of their songs. Of course it was in Gaelic... but I didn't understand the words and could take the tune in my head back and write what I wanted to go with it. Credit to the music she sang in her excerpt.. I was moved to write this as what I imagined she could be singing...

just an off the top of head thing I felt compelled to do... LOL

Aenimal
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4 posted 2003-04-21 03:13 PM

Excellent write, ironically was listening to the chieftans the other day

Sunshine

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5 posted 2003-04-21 03:14 PM

This runs along the green, my friend
this scampers high and low,
and takes me there in Gaelic love,
to where I want to go...

~*~

Oh?

You could tell I enjoyed it then?

Enchantress
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Canada eh.

6 posted 2003-04-21 03:20 PM

Oh yes..this I could humm along to..
lovely absolutely lovely...
shall we dance?
~Hugs~

~Somewhere in my heart I'm always
dancing with you in the summer rain~

Janet Marie
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7 posted 2003-04-21 03:26 PM

Then I thought about you singing
to me on summer nights
and of the bells a ringing
upon the mountain heights

As I heard the music playing
and the words fell on my ears
In swirls of crimson clearing
with the weight of all your tears

Sing to me in Gaelic
And sing to me alone
A dance we'll do together
Upon this hearth called home
====================================

my oh my oh my....the moth is giddy...
Ron rhymed and its divine

You're the best I've ever felt ...
it's so wrong not to be with you.
It's getting harder to stay away,
it stops my heart just to be with you.

SH

Susan Caldwell
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8 posted 2003-04-21 03:30 PM

"I heard the music playing
And the words fell on my ears
In swirls of crimson clearing
with the weight of all your tears"

Those are my favorite lines..."with the wieght of all your tears"...made me catch my breath, with understanding...I love the way you write, I love the way you think.

Duncan
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9 posted 2003-04-21 03:41 PM

'just an off the top of head thing I felt compelled to do...'

My mind didn't work that quickly even before I killed the braincells.

scorpio
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10 posted 2003-04-21 04:41 PM

Beautiful Ron...interesting to see what inspiration can lead to..

believe in what your heart feels...

Midnitesun

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11 posted 2003-04-21 06:32 PM

I bow to the master!

vandana

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12 posted 2003-04-21 07:09 PM

nice

1slick_lady
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13 posted 2003-04-21 07:29 PM

nice...

Startime55
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14 posted 2003-04-21 09:35 PM

A Masterpiece at its very finest...this is MAGNIFICENT...

garysgirl

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15 posted 2003-04-23 11:12 PM

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As I heard the music playing
and the words fell on my ears
In swirls of crimson clearing
with the weight of all your tears

Sing to me in Gaelic
And sing to me alone
A dance we'll do together
Upon this hearth called home
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I love a romantic love dance, Capt. Ron,
and I love this poem.

Hugs,
Ethel

VAS
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16 posted 2003-04-24 12:22 PM

Lovely, Cpat! Just wonderfully rhythmic and filled with a sweet tenderness...love this "hearth called home."

Whether on the shoal or on the shore,
I'll seek the lighthouse evermore.

Mysteria

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17 posted 2003-04-24 01:34 AM

This gaelic song warmed my heart
as I loved to hear her sing.
On St. Paddy's Day every year
Singing gaelic was her thing!

She'd dance, and twirl around
Irish gaelic sung so sweet,
Dressed all in kelly green,
with ballet shoes upon her feet.

Thank you Ron for a tender moment
Your song made me remember a friend.
And even though it warms my heart today,
I know this pain felt will never end.

Sudhir Iyer
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18 posted 2003-04-24 12:52 PM

This is beautifully penned, my friend... no wonder they are all swooning...

regards,
sudhir

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19 posted 2003-04-24 05:19 PM

(smiles) Oh Ron, this is wonderful, sweet friend, hehehe, funny how you heard it on National Public Radio out of all the places, LOL! (big hugggssssss) Hehehe, get out there more, we all love you so much! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Ron, thank you for sharing!

May love and light always shine upon you!

Love,
Noah Eaton

And that's the most wonderful thing about creating. It will always be a mystery.

***Shakira***

Kethry
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20 posted 2003-04-24 06:41 PM

I love the things held in the top o' your head, they sing top o' the mornin' to me.
Kethry

Here in the midst of my lonely abyss, a single joy I find...your presence in my mind. Unknown

Earth Angel
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21 posted 2003-04-24 08:25 PM

You stirred my Gaelic passions with the lyrics and the melody of this rousing song of love...

Lovin' hugs,
EA

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22 posted 2003-04-24 11:21 PM

Ron the rhymer!! (and you did a fine job of it, too)

This poem must be for Toerag. I heard he was a gaelicker

suthern

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23 posted 2003-04-25 10:58 AM

My great grandmother was an immigrant... I can remember her brogue, but she insisted on speaking English.

I have a musician friend in New Orleans that dedicates a considerable amount of his time, money and energy to preservation of the Celtic culture... and his music speaks to my heart even though my ears are incapable of understanding. *S*

I love this, Cap'n... you captured the lilt of the highlands with the thrum of a bodrhan and haunting strains of bagpipe playing soft accompaniment. *S*

Toerag
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24 posted 2003-04-25 11:38 AM

Oh this is so romantic ron....just a sweet sweet write....just makes the ladies swoon......you old reprobate!!! What the hell you doing here?..Trying to get a date tonight?.....NPR?.....geesch!...I'm waiting for the next one.....maybe Garrison Keeler the looney Lutheran?...Hope you're doing okay or at least I hope this fine piece of Powah-tree gets ya in the sack with a fine young thing.....

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25 posted 2003-05-21 05:20 PM

Just meandering randomly clicking on the pages and I came across this, it called out to me actually *sits daydreaming* it's romantic and I'm a sucker for such things..and your words were just amazingly soothing..thank you..

If at first you don't succeed destroy all the evidence that you tried.

Dark Angel
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26 posted 2003-05-22 05:08 PM

What a beautifully romantic poem..enjoyed very much Ron. It flowed wonderfully too.

Maree

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27 posted 2003-05-22 06:57 PM

Excellent! I've had a tough day; his was a great pick-me-up, thank you.

Richy
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28 posted 2003-05-22 07:39 PM

Hey Capt Ron, this was really good!
I haven’t been here long and it’s
taking me a while to read the vast amount
or poetry here, and get acquainted with all
the various poets.

Again, great write!

Richy

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