Name: Gentle Hands
Duration: P00H04M18S
Description: In 2016 I happened upon a great folk music session which was running in the Strand Hotel in Dugort on Achill Island every Friday night at that time. I am glad to say that over the years I played in it regularly. The stalwarts of that session are now friends.

Gentle Hands

by Donal O Connor

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In 2016 I happened upon a great folk music session which was running in the Strand Hotel in Dugort on Achill Island every Friday night at that time. I am glad to say that over the years I played in it regularly. The stalwarts of that session are now friends.

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Gentle Hands
1
There’s a guy down at the Strand Hotel, he sings “Baker Street”
With a saxophone like a rocket through the sky
We sat out on the deck, we were drinking wine and porter
And with every song we were getting high

2
We were arguing about Moving Hearts and climate change
And football, oh! for better or for worse
And the moon rose over Cruinneog mountain
We were there in the centre of the universe.

Chorus
Scatter my ashes on the Silver Strand
Wave good bye from the pier
Thank the Lord for today and those we’ve met along the way
And those gentle hands that brought us here.

3
Tom Paxton, Tom Waits and Tom T Hall
The Rockin’ Roll Kids, and Ralph McTell
“Homeward Bound” and “No Regrets”
And “The Sultans” and “Romeo and Juliet”

Chorus
4
A song can make a restless heart uneasy
A song can cause a restless heart to roam
A song can make a lonely heart more lonely
But tonight it was just like coming home

Chorus
(repeat last line)
©DOConnor2019.

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released September 23, 2022
Donal - Lead Vocals and Guitar
Paul Gurney - Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar
Paul McCaul - Sax
Danny Sheerin - Backing Vocals

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Donal O Connor Roscommon, Ireland

2 things to know about Donal O Connor.
• Having spent his working life as an Environmental Health Officer he has recently retired and lives with his wife in the shadows of the Curlew mountains in North Roscommon.
• Despite working fulltime he made space over the years to record three albums of original songs, tour the Folk Clubs of the UK & Germany and play USA, NZ Oz and Spain. ... more

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