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Northland

from Northland by Bob Speers

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Oh, I’d love to go a-roamin'
When the sun is coming up
Over fields and boglands
Where the turf is lyin' cut
And just to see the sunrise
Over Cushendun
Or to feel the teeth of winter
On Church Island
Frozen to the sun

Well, I'd like to walk on Rathlin
See the north wind in your hair
Or watch the boatman ferry island people to the fair
Or take the river pathway
And fishermen in wait
As night falls upon the meadows
Of the plateau
Climbing through the gate

Oh, Oh, Northland
Oh, Oh, Northland

Oh, I'd love to see the children
As they're playing by the door
And that special kind of welcome
As she shows you 'cross the floor
And the tea and soda farls
As they're laid out for you there
And you tell them of your travels
Nodding over
Slowly in the chair

Oh, I'd love to go a-roamin'
In the morning time
And see the neighbour woman
Hanging washing on the line
And talk of hay and cattle
To the glensmen in the bar
And idle half the day away
With Cathleen, now I wonder
How you are

Oh, Oh, Northland
Oh, Oh, Northland
Oh, Oh, Northland

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from Northland, released June 1, 1996
Words & music by Bob Speers

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Bob Speers Northern Ireland, UK

Bob Speers is a former recipient of the Northern Lights Award. This honour was for his contribution to artistic life in his beloved Co. Antrim. His crafts his songs with lyrics which have a deceptive simplicity. The resulting music is profound as well as poetic. ... more

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