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Come Down From the Moor

from The Hum by O'Hooley & Tidow

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As I walked out one May morning,
All still under monochrome sky.
Sleep lay heavy on rounded shoulders,
Head lowered, I made my way.
Up along the old bog road,
Past O’Donnells, across the ditch.
Turned my gaze towards Ox Mountains,
To where Anne used to sing.

Come down from the moor
Your children’s children leaving
Gone to find a job
Ten thousand miles away.

Early spring, turf cutting time,
Backs bent double against the line
Neatly stacked, quickly sacked,
Move along and put away.
Anne’s song, pure as mountain air
Could be heard singing ‘The Silvery Tide’
Shafts of sun on a foggy day
A hand me down of hope denied

Come down from the moor
Your children’s children leaving
Gone to find a job
Ten thousand miles away.

As cool respite to jaunty jigs
Gathered amidst familial craic of
Uncles and cousins and daddy’s voice
Mellifluous in recitation.
Passed down through the generations,
Shared heartbeat of this congregation,
Now pulsing for a better seam
Far beyond the silvery tide

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from The Hum, released May 27, 2016
Written by O'Hooley/Tidow

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