Celebrating St. Patrick's Day With A Song

On Monday, I'll be wearin' some green and flying west, so I'll celebrate St. Patrick's Day on the west coast this year.   In the meantime, you can get a head start on the Irish celebration by going to my song Irish Man at the following link:   http://www.gather.com/viewVideo.jsp?id=11821949021860820

 and listening to a tale of my first trip to Ireland.  

The song is also part of the First Tracks song competition, so I'd appreciate it if you would cast a vote once you have listened to the song. 

Here is an excerpt:    

"My forebears left here a century past

Heading for a new land

Leaving behind the salty sweetness

this land of beauty and need

Yes, I'm an Irish Man, coming back to my land, for the first time

Went to look for my family but I don't know where they be found today

From Kerry's tip to Galway, 'tis beautiful as they say

Yes, I'm an Irish Man, coming back to my land, for the first time."

Ireland, a place of beauty and myth, poverty transformed to affluence, and some of the friendliest people you will ever meet.   Celebrate the day and if you get a chance, visit the land.  

Lyrics for Irish Man (c) James Rafferty