Belfast Mill - Michael Kelly & Colette the Bard - (Si Kahn, The Fureys cover)
The cover that Colette and I do of 'Belfast Mill'. Originally written by Si Khan as 'Aragon Mill', the song was later adopted and slightly altered by the band, The Fureys.
The version that we do is as I learned it singing live at Irish music sessions at Johnny Fox's pub. I dig the way that Catherine Flynn sings it, with the chorus repeated, and then the instruments dropping out for a purely a capella chorus at the end.
Big props to Colette for doing the heavy lifting on the mixing and editing of this one. :)
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"BELFAST MILL" - written by Si Khan (as "Aragon Mill", later slightly altered by The Fureys)
At the east end of town, at the foot of the hill
There’s a chimney so tall, it's called Belfast mill
But there’s no smoke at all coming out of the stack
For the mill has shut down, and it’s never coming back
[Chorus:]
And the only tune I hear is the sound of the wind
As she blows through the town, weave and spin, weave and spin
There’s no children playing in the dark narrow streets
Since the looms have shut down, it’s so quiet I can’t sleep
For the mill has shut down, and it's the only life I know
Tell me where will I go, tell me where will I go
(chorus)
Well, I’m too old to change, and I’m too young to die
Tell me where will I go, my family and I
For the mill has shut down, and it's the only life I know
Tell me where will I go, tell me where will I go
(chorus)