Last Night's Celtic Colours Concert in Whycocomagh
Tags: Music And Entertainment
Last night's concert went until 10:45. Burton MacIntire officiated, as usual, and did his usual excellent job of it. The music by all the Irish guest bands was great, as was to be expected, but the home band, Barra MacNeils, were the best of all. They sang, they danced, they told stories - you know, the usual for them, but they seemed to be putting their whole hearts into it.
The stage isn't that big and when all the performers filed out on stage for the finale, I held my breath. The stage was PACKED with performers. They did several songs before the usual Celtic Colours finale. One of the songs was Do You Love An Apple? It's a sweet little love song that I also heard Heather Richards perform beautifully, accompanied by her husband, last summer at the Irish Pub Night in St. George's Channel Hall. This waltz song stuck in my head, for some reason.
Do You Love an Apple?
Do you love an apple, do you love a pear?
Do you love a laddie with curly brown hair?
Chorus
And still, I love him, I can't deny him
I'll be with him where ever he goes
Chorus
Before I got married I wore a black shawl
But now that I'm married I wear bugger-all
Chorus
He stood at the corner, a fag in his mouth
Two hands in his pockets, he whistled me out
Chorus
He works at the pier, for nine pound a week,
Saturday night he comes rolling home drunk
Chorus
Before I got married I'd sport and I'd play
But now, the cradle gets in me way
Chorus
Do you love an apple, do you love a pear?
Do you love a laddie with curly brown hair?
And still, I love him, I can't deny him
I'll be with him where ever he goes
Last night's concert went until 10:45. Burton MacIntire officiated, as usual, and did his usual excellent job of it. The music by all the Irish guest bands was great, as was to be expected, but the home band, Barra MacNeils, were the best of all. They sang, they danced, they told stories - you know, the usual for them, but they seemed to be putting their whole hearts into it.
The stage isn't that big and when all the performers filed out on stage for the finale, I held my breath. The stage was PACKED with performers. They did several songs before the usual Celtic Colours finale. One of the songs was Do You Love An Apple? It's a sweet little love song that I also heard Heather Richards perform beautifully, accompanied by her husband, last summer at the Irish Pub Night in St. George's Channel Hall. This waltz song stuck in my head, for some reason.
Do You Love an Apple?
Do you love an apple, do you love a pear?
Do you love a laddie with curly brown hair?
Chorus
And still, I love him, I can't deny him
I'll be with him where ever he goes
Chorus
Before I got married I wore a black shawl
But now that I'm married I wear bugger-all
Chorus
He stood at the corner, a fag in his mouth
Two hands in his pockets, he whistled me out
Chorus
He works at the pier, for nine pound a week,
Saturday night he comes rolling home drunk
Chorus
Before I got married I'd sport and I'd play
But now, the cradle gets in me way
Chorus
Do you love an apple, do you love a pear?
Do you love a laddie with curly brown hair?
And still, I love him, I can't deny him
I'll be with him where ever he goes