MARK KNOPFLER - MIGHTY MAN (Video Format)
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In 2009, Animo produced 'The Forgotten Irish' for Tv3
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MIGHTY MAN written by Mark Knopfler
Published by Hornall Bros Music Ltd / Will D Side Ltd
Produced by Mark Knopfler and Guy Fletcher
Engineered by Guy Fletcher
Assisted by Joe Kearns, Jason Elliott, Andy Cook and Martin Hollis
at British Grove Studios, London
Mastered by Bob Ludwig
at Gateway Mastering Studios, Portland, Maine
All guitars: Mark Knopfler
All keyboards: Guy Fletcher
Fiddle and cittern: John McCusker
Whistle and wooden flute: Mike McGoldrick
Upright and electric bass: Glenn Worf
Drums: Ian Thomas
Fiddle : Bruce Molsky
Accordion: Phil Cunningham
Terz guitar: Mark Knopfler
MIGHTY MAN (Mark Knopfler) Lyrics
A room on the top floor
And the chest all but knackered
Two fingers not working
And the back’s shot to hell
It’s a lifetime of digging trenches
In the cold and wet weather
And for laying half the roadway
In England as well
You’d finish in the one place
It was straight to the next one
And you never could settle
And you were always alone
Just a drifter in limbo
I was best off away, son
Just one of the thousands
Who could never go home
That’s your mighty man, son
Your mighty man
Well, the boat and the train ride
In a misty November
We had the worst of the lodgings
And we hated the subs
Ma’s face on the leaving
I will always remember
And we wouldn’t get paid
Until they had closed up their pubs
And I could stand up on horseback
Was the man for the singing
Put my hand up for boxing
At the fairground on the heath
I could play my accordion
And charm all of the women
And dance round the taproom
With a chair in my teeth
That’s your mighty man, son
Your mighty man
That’s your mighty man, son
Your mighty man
ABOUT THE VIDEO
Animo TV
In 2009, Animo produced The Forgotten Irish for Tv3.
This two part documentary series examined the Irish men and women who were forced to emigrate to the UK during the economic stagnation of the 1950s. It looked at how many of the men became involved in building the motorways and rebuilding war-torn cities around England, while many women worked in domestic service or healthcare.
Despite the enormous contribution these emigrants made, both to their new countries and to Ireland by sending money back home to their families, many of these elderly emigrants are now living lives of poverty and loneliness in their adopted lands.
The Forgotten Irish was an intimate and touching series that encapsulates the personal stories of the generation who emigrated to England after the war, telling very honest, and at times harrowing, stories about the way their lives unfolded.
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Dire Straits band members (1977-1995)
Mark Knopfler - lead guitar, lead vocals (1977-1995)
David Knopfler - rhythm guitar, keyboards, backing vocals (1977-1980)
John Illsley - bass guitar, backing vocals (1977-1995)
Pick Withers - drums, percussion (1977--1982)
Hal Lindes - rhythm guitar, backing vocals (1980--1985)
Alan Clark -- keyboards (1980--1995)
Terry Williams -- drums (1982--1989)
Guy Fletcher - synthesizer, backing vocals (1984--1995)
Jack Sonni - rhythm guitar (1985--1988)
Joop de Korte -- percussion (1982--1986)
Mel Collins -- saxophone (1982--1984)
Tommy Mandel -- keyboards (1982--1984)
Chris White -- saxophone (1988--1992)
Chris Whitten - drums and percussion (1991--1992)
Phil Palmer -- guitar (1991--1992)
Paul Franklin - pedal steel guitar (1991--1992)
Danny Cummings -- percussion (1991--1992)
Eric Clapton -- guitar (1988--1989)
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