The Makem & Spain Brothers: The Tradition Continues
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THE CURLEW'S SONG
I heard a curlew crying long
On a moor where wild winds blew
And the sound of his sad lonesome song
Made me feel lonesome too
Chorus:
Oh---------------------------------------------------
Cold winter came and the moorland froze
The winds howled long and long
And often echoed through the snows
I heard that curlew's song
Chorus
Sweet sun-warmed summer came along
From greenleafed days of spring
I soon forgot the lonesome song
I heard the curlew sing
Chorus
- Words and music by Tommy Makem
Dec. 31, 1962