Janet Dowd: Music
Sky Road
A beautiful song by Jimmy McCarthy about emigration. There's a beautiful place in Clifden, Co.Galway called Sky Road and I wondered if the song was about that area. If any of you out there can shed some light on the matter, I'd be very grateful. Fantastic piano arrangement by Brendan Goff, I'm sure you'll agree.
J x
SKY ROAD
Danny’s made his mind up, he’s leaving for America
He’s leaving for America, leaving all of us behind
He says there’s nothing here not drenched in beer, and blood and retribution
And the wealth of distribution’s been weighing heavy on his mind
CHORUS
And he knows that he’ll regret the leaving
Knows that he will pine for grieving
For the Sky Road by the singing sea
And all of us behind
Danny looks so lovely, working in the fields
Or dancing like a wild one, sparks flying round his heels
But his friends all gone before him, from the sacred ground that bore them
Now they wonder does she scorn them for giving up the land
And they know that they’ll regret the leaving, know that they will pine for grieving
For the Sky Road by the singing sea, and all of us behind
And I wonder does he know I love him, all below and none above him
As I sit here by the singing sea, alone and left behind
Danny’s made his mind up, he’s leaving for America
He’s leaving for America, leaving all of us behind
And I wonder does he know I love him, all below and none above him
As I sit here by the singing sea, alone and left behind
Yes I wonder does he know I love him, all below and none above him
As I sit here by the singing sea, alone and left behind
Danny’s made his mind up....................