29th May: Heavens above!

[Cle Club]

The Clé Club

Wednesday nights

Downstairs in the Stag’s Head

No 1 Dame Court

Dublin 2

 

Doors open 8.30pm

Admission €5

 

29th May: Heavens above!

Fear a tí: Seán Ó hEarcáin

The Sun the Moon and the stars are ever present in our songs. They seem to provide a backdrop of descriptive expression for love songs, battle songs, comic songs and others; frequently in the background but almost never the point of focus. We invite you to join us in acknowledging and celebrating the presence of the heavens in out culture in this night dedicated to the heavenly bodies.

 

The first time ever I saw your face

I thought the sun rose in your eyes

And the moon and the stars were the gifts you gave

To the dark and the endless skies, my love

To the dark and the endless skies

~ Ewan McColl

 

We’ll sing a song, a soldier’s song

With cheering, rousing chorus

As round our blazing fires we throng,

The starry heavens o’er us;

Impatient for the coming fight,

And as we wait the mornings light

here in the silence of the night

We’ll chant a soldier’s song.

~ Peadar Kearney (The Soldier’s Song)

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