Lyrics: American songwriter, country music singer, and dancer the late Cindy Walker, (1917 – 2006). Vocals: American singer, songwriter, and musician the late Jim Reeves, (August – 1964).
American singer, songwriter, and musician the late Jim Reeves.
The Night Watch.
(God is keeping the night watch for you and for me).
Bright stars are watching the world as it sleeps, Shepherds watch over the little white sheep, The lighthouse is shining for ships far at sea, As God keeps the night watch for you and for me.
So sleep, sleep in peace and rest, Don’t be afraid of the darkness, All’s well for over the land and the sea, God’s keeping the night watch for you and for me.
(God is keeping the night watch for you and for me).
So sleep, sleep in peace and rest, Don’t be afraid of the darkness, All’s well for over the land and the sea, God’s keeping the night watch for you and for me.
American country music singer and songwriter Robert Joseph Bare.
Lyrics: The late Canadian singer-songwriter Ian Dawson Tyson C.M. A.O.E., (1933-2022). Vocals: American country music singer and songwriter Robert Joseph Bare Sr. known as Bobby Bare.
Four Strong Winds.
Four strong winds that blow lonely, Seven seas that run high, All these things that won’t change come what may, But my good times are all gone, And I’m bound for moving on. I’ll look for you if I’m ever back this way, I may go out to Alberta, Weather’s good there in the fall, Got some friends that I could go to workin’ for, Still I wish you’d change your mind. If I asked you one more time, But we’ve been through that a hundred times or more. If I get there before the snow flies, And things are going good, You could join me if I send you down the fare, But if you’ll wait until it’s winter, It would do no good, For the wind sure can blow cold way out there. Four strong winds that blow lonely, (Four strong winds that blow lonely), Seven seas that run high (that run high), All these things that won’t change come what may, (Change come what may) But my good times are all gone, And I’m bound for moving on. I’ll look for you if I’m ever back this way.
Lyrics and Vocals: American country music singer, songwriter and short-story author, the late Tom T. Hall (1936 – 2021), informally nicknamed “The Storyteller”.
Old Dogs, Children And Watermelon Wine.
“How old do you think I am?” he said. I said, “Well, I didn’t know”. He said, “I turned 65 about 11 months ago”. I was sittin’ in Miami pourin’ blended whiskey down, When this old gray black gentleman was cleanin’ up the lounge. There wasn’t anyone around, ‘cept this old man and me, The guy who ran the bar was watchin’ Ironsides on TV. Uninvited, he sat down and opened up his mind, On old dogs and children and watermelon wine. “Ever had a drink of watermelon wine?” he asked, He told me all about it, though I didn’t answer back. Ain’t but three things in this world that’s worth a solitary dime, But old dogs and children and watermelon wine. He said, “Women think about they-selves, when menfolk ain’t around, And friends are hard to find when they discover that you’re down”. He said, “I tried it all when I was young and in my natural prime, Now it’s old dogs and children and watermelon wine”. Old dogs care about you even when you make mistakes, God bless little children while they’re still too young to hate. When he moved away, I found my pen and copied down that line, ‘Bout old dogs and children and watermelon wine. I had to catch a plane up to Atlanta that next day, As I left for my room, I saw him pickin’ up my change. That night I dreamed in peaceful sleep of shady summertime, Of old dogs and children and watermelon wine.
Lyrics: British pop music promoter, group manager and songwriter Ronnie Scott and producer, songwriter and guitar player Steve Wolfe.
Ms Bonnie Tyler
Vocals: Welsh singer Ms Sullivan (née Hopkins), known professionally as MsBonnie Tyler.
If I Sing You A Love Song.
If I Sing You A Love Song. If I sing you a love song, will you always remember? Will you hear it on lonely nights, when I’m not around? If I sing you a love song, will you hear it forever? To remind you how much I care and how I needed you. Love songs last longer than lovers ever do, So, baby, let me sing a love song for you. Love songs don’t leave you, but lovers often do, Oh, baby, I’m afraid it could happen to me and you. If I sing you a love song, let it always be with you, When the others have gone away, let it still be there.
Love songs last longer than lovers ever do, So, baby, let me sing a love song for you. Love songs don’t leave you, like lovers often do, Oh, baby, I’m afraid it could happen to me and you. Oh, oh, oh yea, Oh, lonely nights when I’m not around Baby, it’s a love song, so I’ll remember, On lonely nights. I’ll sing you a love song, To give your love for me. I’ll sing you a love song, I’ll sing you a love song.
Popular “Circling the Square” Festival Returns To Thurles, Co. Tipperary, With Stellar Line-Up of Poets and Musicians.
Thurles is set to celebrate poetry, music and creativity in style as the fourth annual Circling the Square Festival returns to The Source Arts Centre over the weekend of October 31st to November 2nd, 2025.
“Outside new antique pubs, young consultants — well-toned women, gel-slick men — drain long-necked bottles of imported beer. Lip-glossed cigarettes are poised at coy angles, a black bra strap slides strategically from a Rocha top”.
Aboveextract from the poem“The Celtic Tiger”by the late, acclaimed Thurles poet, Dennis O’Driscoll.
This year’s performances promise a vibrant mix of poetry, live music and discussion, with four main headline events across Friday evening, Saturday afternoon, Saturday night concluding with a guided walk of Thurles, followed by Poetry readings and Open Mic Poetry on Sunday November 2nd.
The festival opens officially on Friday afternoon at 4:00pm with a reading by US former Poet Laureate and Novelist Joseph Bathanti in Bookworm No 1 Parnell Street in Thurles, followed by the first major performances at The Source Arts Centre, Cathedral Street, Thurles from 7:45pm. The evening, introduced by Jimmy Duggan, will feature music by Brendan Collins(Uilleann pipes), Gina Oberoi(Mezzo-Suprano) and Pat O’Callaghan(Saxophone), Hidden Highways, The Ed Dwan Trio and Leslie Dowdall & Hugh Buckley, alongside readings from poets Polina Cosgrave, Sean Lysaght, Moya Cannon, Joseph Bathanti, and Mary O’Donnell.
Saturday’s programme, November 1st, begins with a Poetry Workshop at 10:30am in the Community Rooms (above the Library) at The Source, presented by Professor Joseph Bathanti.
This event will be followed in the afternoon at 2:00pm by a panel discussion on the poetry of the late, great Irish poet Seamus Heaney. For this event Rosie Lavin & Bernard O’Donoghue, (latter editors of the newly published definitive edition of Seamus Heaney’s poetry) will join in conversation with Declan O’Driscoll.
Same will be followed by poetry readings from Amy Abdullah Barry, Michael Dooley, Charlotte Buckley, and Laoighseach Ni Choistealbha, accompanied by Classical Flautist Emma Roche from 2:30pm.
The Saturday evening showcase beginning sharp at 7:45pm, promises another standout event, featuring music from Classical Flautist Emma Roche, Hidden Pathways, Leslie Dowdall and Hugh Buckley, and the Ed Dwan Quartet, interwoven with poetry from Eleanor Hooker, Mark Roper, Bernard O’Donoghue, Grace Wilentz and Jane Clarke.
Again the night will round off at 10:30pm with the ever-popular Après Festival in The Monk’s licenced hostelry with a relaxed acoustic music session.
On the final day Sunday November 2nd at 11:30pm, commencing from the Anner Hotel, a guided heritage and history walk around Thurles will take place led by local historian Jimmy Duggan.
Finally, at 2:30pm, in The Monk’s, a Poetry Reading session, will take place, including an open Mic Session(For the latter those wishing to take part are invited to submit their names in advance). Those already taking part are D’or Seifer, Philip Lynch, John Noonan, Cathy Conlon, Trish Bennett, Linda Tavokali, Susan Miller Demars, Lauren Mc Namara, Cora Peters and Ron Carey.
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