The Crossing - Anam Cara / Columbanus

Текст с Bandcamp’а: “Anam Cara is the Irish for “soul-friend.“ A soul-friend is someone with whom you can share your troubles, your triumphs, your doubts; someone who loves you enough to shoot you straight and keep your confidences. Saint Patrick writes that he found his soul-friend in Christ during the years he spent as a slave in Ireland tending sheep. Columbanus was an itinerant Irish monk who lived during the sixth century. The lyrics for the song were adapted from lyrics he’s said to have composed while traveling up the Rhine River with his brother monks. lyrics COLUMBANUS With sweat and blood and Blackwood pine We laid her keel and faired her lines Heave, lads, and let the echoes ring With her keel tight-caulked she swims right well Let torrents fall and wild gusts swell Heave, lads, and let the echoes ring The tempests howl, the storms dismay But manly strength can win the day Heave, lads, and let the echoes ring For clouds and squalls will soon pass on And victory lies with work well done Heave, lads, and let the echoes ring Hold fast! Survive! And all is well You’ve suffered worse, He’ll calm this swell Heave, lads, and let the echoes ring Satan acts to tire the brain And by temptation souls are slain Think, lads, of Christ and echo Him With fixed resolve we scorn the foe With virtues armed we pray and row Think, lads, of Christ and echo Him The king of virtues vowed a prize For him who wins, for him who tries Think, lads, of Christ and echo Him from Baile (Home), released September 7, 2010 (Words: Columbanus (“Boat Song“), Tony Krogh, Music: Tony Krogh) Tony: D whistle, bouzouki, lead vox Mark: A whistle, flute, background vox Jen: fiddle, background vox Hilde: cello, background vox Eric: guitar, background vox“