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Roisin Dubh (Black Rose)
~ Thin Lizzy featuring Gary Moore ~

Black Rose (Live)
~ Thin Lizzy ~

Scarce O' Tatties
~ Spailpin ~

Fiddler's Green
~ Spailpin ~

Might be a little offbeat for the FReeper Canteen, but in memory of Bob Casale of DEVO, who passed away recently:

The Girl U Want

http://youtu.be/g4-2onb62y8

Jerkin’ Back And Forth

http://youtu.be/_vzBPib-P5I

Beautiful World

http://youtu.be/k3MxuDk7wqo

John Barbour
~ Great Big Sea ~

As The Crow Flies
~ Rory Gallagher ~

Setting Sail
~ The Chieftains ~

Sleepy Maggie
~ Ashley MacIsaac & Mary Jane Lamond ~

7de Hemel
~ Tantra ~

"Annie Laurie" (also known as "Maxwelton Braes") is an old Scottish song based on a poem by William Douglas (1672?–1748) of Dumfries and Galloway. William Douglas became a soldier in the Royal Scots and fought in Germany and Spain and rose to the rank of captain. He also fought at least two duels. He returned to his estate at Fingland in 1694. Traditionally, it is said that Douglas had a romance with Anna/Anne Laurie (Born 16 December 1682, Barjarg Tower, in Keir, near Auldgirth, Scotland; Died 5 May 1764, Friars' Carse, Dumfries-shire, Scotland). Anna was the youngest daughter of Robert Laurie, who became first baronet of Maxwellton in 1685. The legend says that her father opposed a marriage. This may have been because Anna was very young; she was only in her mid-teens when her father died. It may also have been because of Douglas's aggressive temperament or more likely because of his Jacobite allegiances. It is known for certain that they knew each because in a letter by Anna she says in reply to news about Douglas, "I trust that he has forsaken his treasonable opinions, and that he is content."

The words were modified and the tune was added by Alicia Scott in 1834. The lovely ballad has been adopted throughout the British Isles and is performed instrumentally here by Irish musician, songwriter and record producer Phil Coulter.
Though the lyrics have been modified many times over 300 years, here are the traditional William Douglas lyrics with a few translations:

Maxwelton braes are bonnie, where early fa's the dew
Where me and Annie Laurie made up the promise true
Made up the promise true, and ne'er forget will I
And for bonnie Annie Laurie I'd lay doun my head and die

She's backit like the peacock, she's breistit like the swan
She's jimp aboot the middle, her waist ye weel may span
Her waist ye weel may span, and she has a rolling eye
And for bonnie Annie Laurie I'd lay doun my head and die.

She's backit means, she's endowed with a back(side).
She's breistit means, she's endowed with a breast.
Jimp means elegant or slender.
Ye weel may span, means that you could encompass her waist with the span of two hands.

Annie Laurie (Maxwelton Braes)
~ Phil Coulter ~

On Paddy's Green Shamrock Shore
~ Ortolan ~

"Whiskey in the Jar" is a famous Irish traditional song, set in the southern mountains of Ireland, with specific mention of counties Cork and Kerry, as well as Fenit, a village in County Kerry. The song is about a Rapparee (Highwayman), who is betrayed by his wife or lover, and is one of the most widely performed traditional Irish songs. It has been recorded by numerous professional artists since the 1950s.

The song first gained modern wide exposure when the Irish folk band The Dubliners performed it internationally as a signature song, and recorded it on three albums in the 1960s. Building on their success, the Irish rock band Thin Lizzy hit the Irish and British pop charts with the song in the early 1970s. "Whiskey In The Jar" (sometimes recorded as "Kilgary Mountain") become a folk and rock classic covered by artists as diverse as The Pogues, Seamus Ennis, Burl Ives, The Highwaymen, The Brothers Four, The Limeliters, Robert De Cormier, The Seekers, Peter, Paul & Mary (as "Gilgarra Mountain"), Fuskefeurat, Darby O'Gill, Metallica, The Poxy Boggards, Blaggards, Celtic Thunder and the band Smokie.

The song's exact origins are unknown. A number of its lines and the general plot resemble those of a contemporary broadside ballad "Patrick Fleming" (also called "Patrick Flemmen he was a Valiant Soldier") about an Irish highwayman executed in 1650.

In the book The Folk Songs of North America, folk music historian Alan Lomax suggests that the song originated in the 17th century, and (based on plot similarities) that John Gay's 1728 The Beggar's Opera was inspired by Gay hearing an Irish ballad-monger singing "Whiskey in the Jar". In regard to the history of the song, Lomax states, "The folk of seventeenth century Britain liked and admired their local highwaymen; and in Ireland (or Scotland) where the gentlemen of the roads robbed English landlords, they were regarded as national patriots. Such feelings inspired this rollicking ballad."

At some point, the song came to the United States and was a favorite in Colonial America because of its irreverent attitude toward British officials. The American versions are sometimes set in America and deal with American characters. One such version, from Massachusetts, is about Alan McCollister, an Irish-American soldier who is sentenced to death by hanging for robbing British officials.

The song appeared in a form close to its modern version in a precursor called "The Sporting Hero, or, Whiskey in the Bar" in a mid-1850s broadsheet.

The song collector Colm Ó Lochlainn, in his book Irish Street Ballads, described how his mother learned "Whiskey in the Jar" in Limerick in 1870 from a man called Buckley who came from Cork. When Ó Lochlainn included the song in Irish Street Ballads, he wrote down the lyrics from memory as he remembered them from his mother. He called the song "There's Whiskey in the Jar", and the lyrics are virtually identical to the version that was used by Irish bands in the 1960s such as the Dubliners. The Ó Lochlainn version refers to the "far fam'd Kerry mountain" rather than the Cork and Kerry mountains, as appears in some versions.

Whiskey In The Jar
~ The Dubliners ~

Whiskey In The Jar
~ Thin Lizzy ~

Whiskey In The Jar
~ Spailpin ~

Whiskey In The Jar
~ Metallica ~

Whiskey In The Jar
(One Night In Dublin, Tribute to Phil Lynott)
~ Gary Moore & Friends featuring Eric Bell ~

Whiskey In The Jar
~ The King ~

Jordan Is A Hard Road To Travel
~ John Hiatt & The Chieftains ~

In 1970, Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison was conflicted when it came time to send the lyrics for "Into The Mystic" to Warner Brothers for the publishing rights. He remarked, "I couldn't figure out what to send them. Because really the song has two sets of lyrics. There's, 'We were born before the wind' and 'We were borne before the wind', and 'Also younger than the son, Ere the bonny boat was one' and 'All so younger than the son, Ere the bonny boat was won'. He concluded saying, "I guess the song is just about being part of the universe."

Either way the song has gone on to become a classic appearing in numerous movie soundtracks and covered by dozens of artist. It's Irish roots are undeniable.

Into The Mystic
~ Van Morrison ~

Into The Mystic
~ Johnny Rivers ~

Into The Mystic
~ Lowen & Navarro ~

Into The Mystic
~ Michael McDonald ~

MacDougal's Pride
~ Ashley MacIsaac with Quartetto Gelato ~

I know this thread is for tunes for our Troops. But this message needs to be got out. There is no link for it or I would have posted it. So please forgive the intrusion. This is for our Retiree’s. I am the daughter of a WW2 Vet Pacific theater under MacArthur. Married to a Ret. SCPO.

TRICARE LIFE Retired Military over 65 just received this noticed 2 weeks ago, takes effect 4/14/2014, why they sent a prelim with out the drug list is WASTEFUL spending in itself! BETTER START CALLING YOUR CONGRESS CRITTERS NOW! ANOTHER BROKEN PROMISE TO THE MILITARY WHO CAN’T PROTECT THEMSELVES!

PLEASE NOTE THE PALM GREASING IN THE FIRST LINK! THAT IS THE REAL PROBLEM, NOT Retiree’s health care. WE need a better way to report fraud and abuse, which their computer system should be catching. Like internist running same test as Specialist. Or running EKG, Chest Xray and thyroid panels on patients who have no need of them. That is Bill PADDING.

ALL RETIRED MILITARY! All I see is a nightmare. ES cannot be trusted to get the RIGHT manufacture, and some of mine have to be from that manufacture even if it is a generic. Different Manufacturer’s different fillers.

As a very drug sensitive person, I WANT A WAIVER! And should be able to get one. Or get samples to try first!

I did not include the cover letter.

This is couched in such language that it is hard to under stand. This is a Prelim letter, we don’t even know at this time which drugs are going to be on the list. Waste of money to not send out the full thing.

These are the option we are going to be given in a “new” SCREW U Pilot program from Tricare.

1 Transfer your medication from a retail pharmacy to save , convenient Tricare Home Delivery and pay less out of pocket! A typical cost for a 90 day retail supply is $51 but only $13 for Home Delivery.

2 Ask your doctor about using a low cost generic that is not among the medications included in the Pilot Generics can still be filled at retail for $5

3 Transfer maintenance medications under the Pilot from retail pharmacy to a military pharmacy. Call your local military pharmacy to see if they have you medication
4 Continue to get you selected maintenance medications at a retail and pay 100% of the cost of the medication starting with your third refill.

If you refill your selected maintenance medication’s at a retail pharmacy after March 14, 2014 you’ll get letters from the Tricare Pharmacy contractor Express Scripts, Inc about switching to Home Delivery. Remember, starting with your third fill you will be responsible for 100% of the cost of the medications if you chose to continue to obtain them at a retail pharmacy.

If you have other health insurance with a prescription benefit, you do not fall under the Pilot. There will also be a process to obtain waivers on a case by case basis, due to personal need or hardship, emergency or other special circumstaces-0 such as living in a nursing home. After participating in the Pilot for 1 year you may opt out.

Military Waste and Fraud Continue In the Middle of the Government Shutdown HERE IS YOUR PROBLEM : PALM GREASING

Washington’s Blog
http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2013/10/wasted-military.html

http://www.reuters.com/investigates/pentagon/#article/part1

Mugging the Military
http://www.ijreview.com/2012/06/9466-mugging-soldiers/

Mugging our Troops
http://www.reuters.com/investigates/pentagon/#article/part1

0bama to Force Military Families Away From Tricare ...By Tripling Their Fees. Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare.”
CBO: The military is getting squeezed for domestic spending cash
http://www.humanevents.com/2014/02/26/cbo-the-military-is-getting-squeezed-for-domestic-spending-cash/

Pentagon Outlines Increased Tricare Fee Proposal
http://www.military.com/daily-news/2014/03/05/pentagon-outlines-increased-tricare-fee-proposal.html?comp=7000023317828&rank=1

Báidín is an old Irish word (Gaelic) for a small boat, and Fheilimí is a version of a boy's name Phelim or Felim. So this song title means Phelim's small boat. It dates to the 17th Century.

The song is in 'Donegal' Irish and some of the words used in this dialect are different to other mainstream Irish dialects. The song is renowned for it's vocal and musical attributes rather than it's simple lyrics about a courageous fisherman and his tiny boat that winds up lost and wrecked on the rocks near Toraí (Toraigh) Island. It's popular at singsongs as most Irish people would be familiar with the song which is taught to all Irish school children at a young age and has the repetitive quality of a nursery rhyme.

Feilim's Little Boat Phelims (Báidín Fheilimí) tells the story of Feilimí Cam Ó Baoill, (Phelim O’Boyle), one of the Ulster chieftains of the Rosses (in Donegal) in the 17th century, who was a soldier but also a fisherman. He had to flee to the Islands off the coast of Donegal to escape his feuding archenemy Maolmhuire an Bhata Bhuí Mac Suibhne. Toraí Island is further offshore and seemed safer than Góla, but his little boat wrecked on the rocks. The song is one of defiance and bravery in spite of terrible odds. It is a song of encouragement that we should be true to ourselves even if being true means 'defeat'. A song of the beauty of freedom. And a song of the power of the sea as a metaphor for the unconscious mind. It shows that we can never escape our soul.
Filum's little boat went off to Góla
Filum's little boat and Filum on it.
Filum's little boat went off to Góla
Filum's little boat and Filum on it.
Tiny little boat, lively little boat,
Bonnie little boat, Filum's little boat
True-straight little boat, willing little boat,
Filum's little boat and Filum on it.

Filum's little boat went off to Toraí
Filum's little boat and Filum on it.
Filum's little boat went off to Toraí
Filum's little boat and Filum on it.
Tiny little boat, lively little boat,
Bonnie little boat, Filum's little boat
True-straight little boat, willing little boat,
Filum's little boat and Filum on it.

Filum's little boat broke up on Toraí
Filum's little boat and Filum on it.
Filum's little boat broke up on Toraí
Filum's little boat and Filum on it.
Tiny little boat, lively little boat,
Bonnie little boat, Filum's little boat
True-straight little boat, willing little boat,
Filum's little boat and Filum on it.

Feilims' Little Boat Phelims (Baidin Fheidhlimi)
~ The Dubliners with Spailpin ~

Lough Swilly (Irish: Loch Súilí, meaning "Lake of Shadows" or the "Lake of Eyes") in Ireland is a glacial fjord or sea inlet lying between the western side of the Inishowen Peninsula and the Fanad Peninsula, in County Donegal. Along with Carlingford Lough and Killary Harbour it is one of three glacial fjords in Ireland.

At the northern extremities of the lough are Fanad Head with its famous lighthouse and Dunaff Head. Towns situated on the lough include Buncrana on Inishowen and Rathmullan on the western side. At the southern end of the lough lies Letterkenny.

The lough is also famous for its wildlife-watching (dolphins, porpoise, sea birds, migratory geese and swans) and diving on the numerous ship wrecks.

In the south of the lough a number of islands (Burt, Inch, Coney, Big Isle) were poldered and the land reclaimed during the 19th century for agriculture and the Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway constructed embankments on the line from Derry to Letterkenny. These reclaimed lands are now regarded as one of Ireland's premier wetlands for wildlife conservation and birdwatching, supporting over 4,000 Whooper Swans and thousands of Greenland white front, Barnacle, Greylagg and Brent geese.

Steeped in history the lough and the Grianán Ailigh hill fort (early fortification and palace dating from 2000–5000 BC) at its southeastern bend was recorded on Ptolemy's map of the world. It has numerous early Stone Age monuments and Iron Age fortifications along its shores as well as a number of shell middens dated to approximately 7000 BC. It is most famous for being the site of the Flight of the Earls. After a failed uprising, in September 1607, Hugh O'Neill, 2nd Earl of Tyrone and Rory O'Donnell, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell, the last Gaelic chieftains and upholders of Brehon law in Ireland at that time, set sail from Rathmullan with ninety of their followers.

Due to its natural shelter and impressive depth the lough was an important naval port. In October 1798, immediately prior to the outbreak of the Napoleonic wars, a French fleet carrying Wolfe Tone of the United Irishmen, plus troops to assist in 1798 rebellion, was intercepted and defeated in a naval battle at the entrance to Lough Swilly. Subsequently Tone was captured and taken ashore at Buncrana on the east side of the Swilly.

A subsequent reassessment of the threat of invasion led to the building of a series of fortifications guarding the different approaches and landing points within the lough which were completed between 1800 and 1820. Martello towers were built around 1804 to defend the approaches to Derry. The six towers, were armed with smoothbore cannon, firing round shot. Immediately prior to the First World War the War Office improved the Napoleonic forts and their armaments as well as adding an additional fort at the entrance to the lough at Lenan Head with 9 inch guns (12-mile range) – the largest in Ireland at the time. The remains of these fortifications can still be inspected at Lenan Head, Fort Dunree (now a military and wildlife museum), Ned's Point, Buncrana, Inch Island and on the west coast at Rathmullan, Knockalla and Macamish Point.

During the First World War, the lough was used by the Royal Navy as an anchorage for elements of the Grand Fleet, an amalgamation of the pre-war Home and Atlantic Fleets, under Admiral Jellicoe and a gathering/staging point for Atlantic convoys. During this period a boom was placed across the lough between Macamish and Ned's point, supported by a number of trawlers to prevent U-Boat attacks. After the Irish War of Independence the lough was also one of the Treaty Ports specified in the Anglo-Irish Treaty until its final handing over at Fort Dunree in 1938.

Irish musician, composer and reknowned producer Phil Coulter is best known to pop audiences as co-writer of Number 1 hits like The Bay City Rollers' "Saturday Night" and "Shang-A-Lang; "Puppet on a String", "Congratulations", "Back Home" and "Forever and Ever" performed by the Glaswegian performer Christian; "Fancy Pants" by the glam rock band Kenny; "Requiem" by the Scottish pop group Slik; "Surround Yourself with Sorrow" by Cilla Black; "Thanks" performed by Bill Anderson and "My Boy", sung by Elvis Presley. In 2007, Coulter joined with Sharon Browne, one of the originators of the successful Celtic Woman production, to collaborate on formation of a male version of that production called Celtic Thunder. He has some 23 platinum records, 39 gold and 52 silver albums. He's received an Ivor Novello Award for Songwriting and in 2001 he was nominated for a Grammy Award in the "New Age" category. He continues to be a popular performer in his native country and around the world in places such as The White House and Carnegie Hall.

In 2002, Coulter was encouraged by the Save the Swilly organization to run for Dáil in order to protect Lough Swilly from aqua-cultural destruction. After some deliberation, he concluded that work and family commitments would not allow him the time necessary to fill the political position. Around that time, Coulter's brother died in a drowning incident in Ireland, which also caused Phil to retreat from the music industry for some time, but he has aggressively supported the Save the Swilly organization and this beautiful composition featuring Irish singer-songwriter Sinéad O'Connor illustrates his love of the region. The Shores Of The Swilly
~ Phil Coulter featuring Sinéad O'Connor ~

Song Of Home
~ Van Morrison ~

The Girl I Left Behind
~ John Prine & The Chieftains ~