Mel told us about:
Another true story from my family… Seems like forever since I posted a song. This is a true story, which happened in 1990, to my Dad’s old roommate from university. Common wisdom is that another man would not have been able to acheive what Alan achieved; a six mile swim […]
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Interesting:
If I only had wings, I would fly to you… If I had chains, I would pull you to me… Just open up my heart, you’ll see that it’s dark and heavy with my love to you…
Late last night, we wanted to capture the intimacy and quiet sparkle of this old song … […]
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This is an interesting post:
Written by the incomparable Alistair MacGillivray (who rocks my socks), this song was written after an accident at the No. 26 Colliery in Glace Bay, NS in 1979. It’s a shame this song is not more well-known; I got it out of a songbook, but have never, ever heard it […]
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