{"id":4534,"date":"2017-05-12T20:56:39","date_gmt":"2017-05-13T00:56:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/?page_id=4534"},"modified":"2018-02-26T09:58:25","modified_gmt":"2018-02-26T13:58:25","slug":"farewell-to-carlingford","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/?page_id=4534","title":{"rendered":"Farewell to Carlingford"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Written by Tommy Makem in about 1968. \u00a0Tommy told of this being his favourite town, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Carlingford,_County_Louth\">situated in the south-eastern most part of Northern Ireland<\/a>. \u00a0I came across this song in the early 1970s on one of my most go-to favourite albums, &#8220;The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem Sing of the Sea&#8221;, 1968. \u00a0Here is a link to a YouTube presentation of that very track. \u00a0Tommy sings it in B while I prefer a full step down to A.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Jos. Morneault<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative; height: 0; padding-bottom: 75.0%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"position: absolute; width: 100%; height: 100%; left: 0;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LFm7fkrdH-4?ecver=2\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 A \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 D \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 A<br \/>\nWhen I was young and in my prime<br \/>\n. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0D \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0A<br \/>\nAnd could wander wild and free<br \/>\n. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0A \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0E \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0A \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0F#m<br \/>\nThere was always a longing in my mind<br \/>\n. \u00a0 \u00a0 D \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0E<br \/>\nTo follow the call of the sea<\/p>\n<p>Chorus:<br \/>\n. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 A \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 D \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 A \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0F#m<br \/>\nSo I&#8217;ll sing farewell to Carlingford<br \/>\n. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 A \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 E<br \/>\nAnd farewell to Greenore<br \/>\n. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0A \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(A7) \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0D \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 A<br \/>\nAnd I&#8217;ll think of you both day and night<br \/>\n. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 D \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 E<br \/>\nUntil I return once more,<br \/>\n. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 D \u00a0 \u00a0 E7 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 A<br \/>\nUntil I return once more<\/p>\n<p>On all the stormy seven seas<br \/>\nI have sailed before the mast<br \/>\nAnd every voyage I ever made<br \/>\nI swore it would be my last But I\u2019ll&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Now I had a girl called Mary Doyle<br \/>\nAnd she lived in Greenore<br \/>\nAnd the foremost thought that was in her mind<br \/>\nWas to keep me safe onshore But I\u2019ll&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Now a landman&#8217;s life is all his own<br \/>\nHe can go or he can stay<br \/>\nBut when the sea gets in your blood<br \/>\nWhen she calls you must obey So I\u2019ll&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Written by Tommy Makem in about 1968. \u00a0Tommy told of this being his favourite town, situated in the south-eastern most part of Northern Ireland. \u00a0I came across this song in the early 1970s on one of my most go-to favourite albums, &#8220;The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem Sing of the Sea&#8221;, 1968. \u00a0Here is a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":21,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4534","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4534","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4534"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4534\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4843,"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4534\/revisions\/4843"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}