Music Video
Top Songs By Cherish the Ladies
Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Cherish the Ladies
Performer
Joanie Madden
Flute
Mary Coogan
Guitar
Mary Rafferty
Accordion
Donna Long
Piano
Siobhan Egan
Fiddle
Aoife Clancy
Vocals
Dave Anderson
Bass Guitar
Peter Gordon
French Horn
Brian Keane
Synthesizer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
W.B. Yeats
Lyrics
Joanie Madden
Arranger
Mary Coogan
Arranger
Mary Rafferty
Arranger
Donna Long
Arranger
Siobhan Egan
Arranger
Aoife Clancy
Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Brian Keane
Producer
Lyrics
'Lay me in a cushioned chair;
Carry me, ye four,
With cushions here and there,
To see the world once more.
'To stable and to kennel go;
Bring what there is to bring;
Lead my Lollard to and fro,
Or gently in a ring.
'Put the chain upon the grass:
Bring Rody and his hounds,
That I may contented pass
From these earthly bounds.'
His eyelids droop, his head falls low,
His old eyes cloud with dreams;
The sun upon all things that grow
Falls in sleepy streams.
Chorus:
'Huntsman, blow the horn,
Come make the hills reply.
Loosen on the morn
A gay wandering cry.
Rody, blow your horn.
Come make the hills reply'
'I cannot blow my horn,
But only weep and sigh.'
Lollard treads upon the lawn,
And to the armchair goes,
The old man's dreams are gone
He soothes the long brown nose.
Moves many a pleasant tongue
Upon his wasted hands,
Aged hounds and young
The huntsman near him stands
Chorus
Round his cushioned place
With new sorrow wrung:
Hounds gazing on his face,
Aged hounds and young
Fire in the old man's eyes,
His fingers move and sway,
The wandering music dies,
They hear him feebly say,
Chorus
The blind hound with a mournful cry
Slowly lifts his head;
They bear the body in;
The hounds wail for the dead.
The hounds wail for the dead;
Wail for the dead.
Writer(s): Brian Alexander Keane, Joan Marie Madden, Aoife M Clancy, Mary E Coogan, Siobhan Egan, Donna Jane Long, Mary Rafferty
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