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After all these years of hearing the song Ashokan Farewell, someone FINALLY puts the words with the music. This song is always performed as an instrumental, now with the words I hope that I can do the lyrics with it as well. It was one of those songs that every time I heard I always thought something was missing. I mean, it sounded like it needed words. Well there is words. So, my plan is to get together my old Irish band and perform this song WITH the lyrics. The sun is sinking low in the sky… Continue

((This is something that I found on an older Irish webpage written by John J. O'Callaghan )) Reason Why Gaelic Should Be Adopted as the National Language Reasons why English is so hard to learn & why we should adopt Gaelic as our national language: 1) The bandage was wound around the wound. 2) The farm was used to produce produce. 3) The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse. 4) We must polish the Polish furniture. 5) He could lead if he would get the lead out. 6) The sol… Continue