Gordon McLeod: Music

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Sligo, in northwest Ireland is a strange and beautiful area full of ancient sites. Maeve's Mound atop Mt. Knocknarrea on the coast is the legendary burial place of the ancient warrior-goddess Maeve. Carrowkeel is a group of dolmens used as funerary sites not too far away on the side of a mountain. These sites are thousands of years old. Gordon: lead vocal, fiddle, octave mandolin, guitar, bodhranChristy McLeod: harmony vocal ,John Delaney: hammered dulcimer, Betsy Cummings, bodhran. Originally released on Beyond The Pale's CD "The Music Plays Me", 2006

SLIGO
Words and Music by Gordon McLeod, Oct 2005

Goin up to Sligo,
Gonna climb Mt. Knocknarea,
Wanna conjure up a double rainbow,
Like we did that day.

Chorus:
Sligo from your mountain looking down,
I can feel your hills and valleys, hear your sounds,
I can wonder at the stones piled on this mound,
Oh oh oh,….. Sligo

Climbing up to Carrowkeel,
Gonna slip under a stone,
Let the sunrise on the equinox,
Set fire to our bones.

Chorus
Sligo from your mountain looking down,
I can feel your hills and valleys, smell your sounds,
I can wonder at these dolmens, hallowed ground,
Oh oh oh….. Sligo.

Bridge
Sun storm on the ocean, blowin’ up the spray,
Ten thousand years of mystery splashes on our face,
Splashes on our face.

Goin’ up to Sligo,
Gonna climb up on Maeve’s mound,
Hear the crashing of the ocean,
See her strike the hammer down

Chorus
Sligo from this mountain looking down,
I can feel your hills and valleys, hear your sounds,
I can wonder at the stones piled on this mound,
Oh oh oh….