tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563437753693938202011-07-28T11:59:22.125-07:00Marinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14201361660861112885noreply@blogger.comBlogger31100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2256343775369393820.post-26376002355167660372009-09-11T20:15:00.000-07:002009-09-11T20:16:09.891-07:00It has been nearly a year since I created this blog...I believe I forgot all about it. Well, more will be short to come, never fear. And hopefully it will be interesting for all.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2256343775369393820-2637600235516766037?l=thingsirish.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Marinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14201361660861112885noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2256343775369393820.post-33153168448574285942009-09-11T19:50:00.000-07:002009-09-11T20:15:14.914-07:00<span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="color:#006600;"><span style="color:#000000;"><pre><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Recently watched </span>How Green was my Valley<span style="font-style: italic;"> with the family, and this song immediately came to mind. A good song it is too, about love, and right, and living with difficulty. Difficulties of the Irish people which they turned into joys. </span><br /><br /><br />I found my love by the gasworks croft<br />Dreamed a dream by the old canal<br />Kissed my girl by the factory wall<br />Dirty old town, dirty old town.<br /><br />Clouds are drifting across the moon<br />Cats are prowling on their beat<br />Spring's a girl in the street at night<br />Dirty old town, dirty old town.<br /><br />I heard a siren from the docks<br />Saw a train set the night on fire<br />Smelled the spring in the smokey wind<br />Dirty old town, dirty old town.<br /><br />I'm going to make a good sharp axe<br />Shining steel tempered in the fire<br />We'll chop you down like an old dead tree<br />Dirty old town, dirty old town.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.ireland-information.com/irishmusic/dirtyoldtown.shtml">Midi File.</a><br /></span></span></pre></span></span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2256343775369393820-3315316844857428594?l=thingsirish.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Marinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14201361660861112885noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2256343775369393820.post-70475929533199816922008-09-30T11:44:00.000-07:002008-09-30T11:45:04.108-07:00Testing post 123<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2256343775369393820-7047592953319981692?l=thingsirish.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Marinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14201361660861112885noreply@blogger.com0