This 1994 debut album "Rain and Thunder" was released when their name was Clan Na Gael. Their name comes from the seven Celtic nations: Scotland, Ireland, Wales, Brittany, Cornwall, the Isle of Man & Galicia. (n.w. Spain). This Celtic Rock group has since become more Rock than Celtic, but is a beloved high energy band is is supposed to "shine" in live appearances. This song is "Back Home In Derry" Enjoy!
Members Present and Past:
Kirk McLeod - vocals, keyboard, guitars, Great Highland Bagpipes
Neil Anderson - vocals, highland and Uilleann bagpipes, Scottish smallpipes, tin whistles and mandolin
Jim "Struby" Struble - vocals, acoustic and bass guitars
Nick Watson - vocals, drums and percussion
Ashton Geoghagan replaced Watson
Dan Stacey - fiddle, Canadian step dancing and Scott Long highland bagpipes joined when Anderson left
Christian "Crisco" Miceli replaced Geoghagan
Current lineup, as best I can figure out:
Kirk McLeod, Jim "Struby" Struble, Christian "Crisco" Miceli, Victor Gagnon (fiddle), and Will MacMorran (guitar, bagpipes.
Lyrics for BACK HOME N DERRY (Traditional melody; lyrics by B Sands) - from the site: http://www.metrolyrics.com/back-home-in-derry-lyrics-seven-nations.html#ixzz1dki2fKNv
In 1803 we sailed out to sea
Out from the sweet town of Derry
For Australia bound if we didn't all drown
And the marks of our fetters we carried
And rusty iron chains we sighed for our wanes
As our good wives we left home in sorrow
As the main sails unfurled our curses we hurled
On the English and thought of tomorrow
Chorus
Woah-oh-oh-oh I wish I was back home in Derry Woah-oh-oh-oh I wish I was back home in Derry
I cursed them to hell as our bough fought the swell
Our ship danced like a moth in the firelight
White horses rode high as the Devil passed by
Taking souls to Hades by twilight
Five weeks out to sea we were now forty-three
Our comrades we buried each morning
And in our own slime we were lost and on time
Endless nights without dawning
Chorus
Van Diemen's land is a hell for a man To live out his life in slavery
Where climate is raw and the gun makes the law
Neither wind or rain cares for bravery
In the years've gone by an' I've ended my bond
And comrade's ghosts are behind me
A rebel I came and I'll die just the same
On the cold winds of night you will find me
Chorus
10 years назад