Liam Clancy - The Orchard video free download


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Uploaded: 2008/06/20

When I was nine, in harvest time, I crossed the orchard wall

The moon was bright, the apples ripe upon the garden did fall

We filled our sacks, we made our way back, more adventures for to find.

I crossed the orchard wall again when I was just thirteen

It was, I think, to be my first drink of cider and poitín

I remember well, it tasted like hell; I hoped the pain would end soon,

In an orchard green neath the Comeraghs in that sweet Dungarvan green.

When I was nineteen years of age I crossed the wall with pride

My Annie fair with the nut brown hair was walking by my side

Our clothes came off, we tumbled and we kissed, all innocence was gone

In an orchard neath the Comeragh in the sweet Dungarvan dawn.

When I was twenty-one years old I married my Annie there

The apple blossoms in the trees were better in her hair

And when the day was over there was a drunk for every tree

In an orchard neath the Comeragh by those sweet Dungarvan seas.

Now I'm forty-five, I am much alive and children I have four,

Three girls and one fine strapping son and I have hopes for more.

I'll teach them of what lies ahead, I have plenty to tell still

In an orchard neath the Comeragh in that sweet Dungarvan breeze.

Now I'm ninety-one, my days are near done, my Annie is long since gone.

Our days they were good as well they should, but it's time that I passed on,

And when I die, I want to lie in the air, land and foam

In an orchard neath the Comeragh by my sweet Dungarvan home.

Comments

10 years ago

Tom McCloskey

Stood in "Thee" Orchard.....Thank you Kevin for this song.....and Thank you Liam ......for your kind words and sharing thoughts........and your Tree''s each hand planted by you......God Bless see you again...in Tir Na Nog..........

11 years ago

FolkFaninMA

I absolutely love this song. Always have. Liam's voice, though always great, seemed to have some special magic when he performed live.

11 years ago

Arbiter 41

I can't believe Liam has so many fans and yet so few have have heard this, certainly one of his five best.

11 years ago

Bill o'donoghue

The Orchard...written about growing up in Dungarvan Co. Waterford.......written by Kevin Evans..a Dungarvan man living in Canada.... great stuff

12 years ago

cajun spirit

One of the best singers ever who gave so much joy to so many for so long and still does,that orchard wall gets nearer with the passing years,R.I.P. Liam, our loss is heavens gain.

12 years ago

Jane Lawton

any time I feel stressed I play this song. Two lines in I'm like a limp rubber band. Of all of Liam's songs I find this the most soothing.

13 years ago

captacoustic

"My days were good as well they should but it's time that I passed on..." We'll meet on the other side of the wall, Liam.

13 years ago

squire828

in our neighborhood in queens we sat on the floor by the stereo and listened. when we came home on sunday from our Nanny and Grampas we listened to Dorothy Haden. We listened to our music ..... we were so rich. thank you .

13 years ago

poppi400

He was a legendary singer and poet ....a trailblazer.....an Irish troubadour But to be in the mans presence was to experience his uniquely human character. He was joy and pain in the flesh. His legacy lay not in how he helped shape and launch the Irish Folk Renaissance that changed the way Irish Culture is viewed globally. But in the lives of all of the people his message effected, His music enriched my life . May his soul and the souls of all the faithful departed rest in peace...amen

14 years ago

squire828

When I was nine

14 years ago

Logikally

RIP Liam. Will be missed

14 years ago

freesia0

I was privileged to see Liam, his brothers and the great Tommy Makem in concert many times over the years and met them all. My greatest regret is never hearing Liam sing this poignant song in concert. It's my favorite song. God bless the man-he's a shining star!

15 years ago

Ronan O'Reilly

brilliant!

15 years ago

camberwellbeauty153

Beautiful

15 years ago

mitchmallow

great song, what a singer!!

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