At The Foot Of Knocknarea-Cathie Ryan

[ti:At The Foot Of Knocknarea] [ar:Cathie Ryan] [al:The Music Of What Happens] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]At The Foot Of Knocknarea - Cathie Ryan [00:22.76]At the foot of Knocknarea I pick up a stone [00:28.37]To carry to the top with all my troubles [00:33.89]I’ll lay it on Maeve’s cairn high upon that mound [00:39.63]Stone upon hard stone I’ll lay it down [00:44.91]I have a man at home who wants more than I can give [00:56.46]And a child who needs at least that much and better [01:06.33] [01:08.10]My heart is pulled tight, Maeve [01:10.55]In this home that I have made [01:13.40]At the foot of Knocknarea [01:17.96] [01:19.46]I hear a music play as great as any love [01:24.90]I carry for my husband and my daughter [01:30.39]It calls me from their reach, I look back with no ease [01:36.16]Can they stay a while alone and leave me be? [01:41.98]“No,” says the voice that answers in my head [01:52.09] [01:53.02]It’s the voice that has been droning on forever [02:03.17] [02:04.62]It’s my mother’s music, Maeve [02:07.28]I sing with it always [02:10.15]As I climb up Knocknarea [02:14.71] [02:15.65]And the wind, it does rage here on Knocknarea [02:26.33] [02:26.90]It’s a rage that I’ve learned all too well [02:36.35] [02:37.99]I will speak the truth from now [02:41.25]And show my young girl how [02:44.76]For her voice depends on mine [02:51.53] [03:16.96]At the foot of Knocknarea I pick up a stone [03:22.47]To carry to the top with all my troubles [03:28.11]I’ll lay it on Maeve’s cairn high upon that mound [03:33.74]Stone upon hard stone I’ll lay it down [03:39.42]At the foot of Knocknarea I pick up a stone