The County Down

from Be Like the Sea by Syncopaths

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“I still need you.” A yearning cry for the absent beloved, gone far from home. Tommy Sands said, “When you lose someone, you never stop searching, because you see them everywhere.”

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LYRICS:

When you’re out walking and there’s no one near you,
but a voice keeps calling, and you hear your name.
It’s not the leaves or the whispering breezes;
it’s me that’s calling you back again.

(Chorus)
Oh, can you hear me? Oh, can you hear me,
as you roam through lonely London town?
When evening’s falling, you’ll hear me calling,
“Come on home, now, to the County Down.”

Do you remember the fiddlers playing?
The songs and stories, the whole night long?
‘Twas little, then, that you thought of leaving.
It seems so strange, now that you are gone.

The fish are dancing on Clanrye River.
The teams are sporting in old Glenvale.
My heart no longer can lead the cheering;
when you’re not playing, it’s a different game.

(Chorus)

I’m always thinking that things are changing,
and that they’re building a factory tall,
and young ones needed, again, in Newry.
But I still need you, the most of all.

(Chorus)

credits

from Be Like the Sea, released June 16, 2023
Lyrics and music: Tommy Sands. Elm Grove Music
Choral Arrangement: Moira Smiley

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From dance floors to concert halls, the Syncopaths bring a fresh, contemporary spin to music and songs rooted in the Scottish, Irish, and American folk traditions. The exuberant joy they derive from the music and each other is palpable and contagious. "The Syncopaths are nothing short of a Celtic supergroup." — Irish Herald, July 2011 ... more

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