Song Book

Verse 1
The lighthouse keeper sailed away
When tides were running free
To tend the lamp upon the rock

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The ambulance came after dark
With blue lights in the rain
I never thought that ordinary night

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The baker lit his ovens
Long before the break of day
While half the town lay sleeping

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The village lights were fading
As the morning gathered cold
A line of weary shadows

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Two men stood beside a river
Where the water hurried by
One said, "Build it now, don't linger"

WONDER
Verse 1
Morning light
Through curtains

Can Anybody Hear Me
Verse 1
Midnight on the hillside
The city far below

If Anybody Hears Us
Verse 1
There's a light on in the corner house
Though the hour's getting late

THE WATCHMAKER OF CORK
Verse 1
The watchmaker of Cork
Could hear what others couldn't hear

THE BENCH BY THE HARBOUR
Verse 1
That old bench.
Still there.

Title -THE ACCORDION IN THE ATTIC
Verse 1
I was helping clear the attic
On a rainy afternoon

MAGGIE AT THE POST OFFICE
Verse 1
The bell above the doorway rang
From morning until three

TITLE – THE LAST BUS TO BALLYMORE
Verse 1
Every Friday after market
Just before the evening rush

I Married An English Rose
Verse 1
I was thirty-three that summer
Settled in my ways

I’ve walked through factory mornings
And rain on quiet roads
Carried tools in freezing winters
Carried worries no one knows

Title: Mark on the Wall
Verse 1
Just a boy, only nine years old
Four foot tall, reaching, bold

Title – Tommy Doyle
Verse 1
Now Tommy Doyle loved singing
From the day that he was born

Title – Paddy O'Flynn
Verse 1
Now Paddy O'Flynn was a builder
Working hard one summer's day

Title – Old Malachy Byrne
Verse 1
Old Malachy Byrne worked fishing boats
For most of his long life

The Hotelier
Verse 1
It was a dark November night
My brother and I drove on

Verse 1
When I touch you sweetheart
My heart begins to sing
All my worries disappear

Verse 1
If I could say hello again
I’d have so much to say
The words I never said to you

She Thought It Must Be Love
Verse 1
Sixteen and the world was waiting
Every promise sounded true

Title – Father Flynn's Bicycle
Verse 1
Now Father Flynn of County Cork
Was loved by one and all

Verse 1
In a village down in County Cork
Where the river met the road
Stood O'Reilly's Forge since ninety-eight

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Old Tom and Kate had run the pub
For longer than most knew
They'd poured the pints, they'd heard the songs

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Old Patrick rose at half-past six
His head was full of pain
He looked into the bathroom glass

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Nora O'Sullivan lived in Dingle town
Beside the western sea
And though it's many years ago

Paddy Flynn
Verse 1
Old Paddy Flynn drove tourists round
The Ring of Kerry roads

The Irish Wake
Verse 1
Old Mick O’Reilly loved his stout
Near forty years or more

Song title – Kissed by the Blarney Stone
Verse 1
Old Shamus lived in Ballymore
In a cottage by the lane

Irish Characters – Song Description Ireland has always been a land of unforgettable characters. The storyteller at the end of the bar, the neighbour who knows everyone’s business, the joker who can raise a laugh…

She Thought It Must Be Love – Song Description Some people seem to find the right person early in life. Others spend years searching, hoping that the next relationship will finally be the one that…

Rich In Moments is a reflective song about discovering what real wealth looks like after a lifetime has passed. The narrator looks back on years of work, family life, ordinary routines, mistakes, triumphs, and the…

Rich in Moments A Reflection on Family, Love, and the Things That Truly Matter Rich in Moments is a deeply personal reflection on a life measured not by wealth, status, or possessions, but by the…

TON-UP BOYS An Anthem to Britain's Café Racer Generation Ton-Up Boys is a high-energy tribute to the young motorcycle riders who roared through Britain's roads during the 1950s and 1960s. Inspired by the legendary café…

Our Children is a heartfelt reflection on life, love, resilience, and the values that truly matter. Written from the perspective of parents looking back on a lifetime of lessons learned, it speaks directly to sons,…

The Story Behind One Summer Day When I was about two years old – an early day in Mike Forty's life. Some memories should not exist — and yet they do. I was only around…

The opening lines immediately establish regret and longing: “The words I never said to you The words I meant to say” That repetition becomes the emotional thread running through the entire piece. The pain is…

This song is about the memory of deep love after loss — not only the pain of losing someone, but the strange beauty of having loved them at all. Rather than focusing on anger or…

This song is about deep admiration, gratitude, and the quiet realisation that true love is one of life’s greatest gifts. Rather than focusing only on beauty itself, the song explores what it feels like to…

The Words They Forget is reflective, wounded, philosophical, and observant. It feels less like a pop lyric and more like a literary meditation or spoken-word poem about emotional damage caused by careless speech and false…

This song is about a quiet, hidden love that finally becomes real. It captures the feeling of someone who spent a long time admiring another person from a distance — unnoticed, unseen, almost invisible —…

🎼 WHAT REMAINS — Song Meaning This song explores a simple but powerful idea: When everything is stripped back, only truth remains. It reflects a world where words can be shaped, repeated, and made to…

🎼 IT WON’T HOLD — Song Meaning
This song is about the idea that truth cannot be permanently hidden or reshaped.
It reflects a world where words are often used to:
soften reality

This song is about the moment everything changes—quietly. Not with noise, not with spectacle, but with a realisation. A shift from loss to presence. From emptiness to something alive again. It begins in that still…

This song is about the moment everything changes—quietly. Not with noise, not with spectacle, but with a realisation. A shift from loss to presence. From emptiness to something alive again. It begins in that still…

Inspired by the great book – Dickens – Great Expectations This song tells the story of a man who never stopped being who he was. Joe isn’t a grand figure. He doesn’t arrive with confidence…

Inspired by the Great Book – Dickens – Great Expectations This song tells the story of a man who never stopped being who he was. Joe isn’t a grand figure. He doesn’t arrive with confidence…

This song is about what remains when a life is stripped back to its truth. All the noise we live in—the striving, the recognition, the sense of being seen—fades with time. Voices quieten, strength softens,…