Claude's Ventures

The Green Fields Of France
Dropkick Murphys
Oh how do you do, young Willie McBride?
Do you mind if I sit here down by your graveside,
And rest for a while in the warm summer sun?
I’ve been walking all day, and I’m nearly done.
And I see by your gravestone you were only nineteen
When you joined the great fallen in [...]

Storm’d at with shot and shell,
Boldly they rode and well,
Into the jaws of Death,
Into the mouth of Hell
Rode the six hundred.
This verse comes from the poem “The Charge of the Light Brigade” by Lord Alfred Tennyson.
I was reminded about this poem the other day when I was watching the movie “The Blind Side.” A conversation [...]

Wild Rover
The Dubliners
I’ve been a wild rover for many’s the year
and I’ve spent all my money on whiskey and beer.
But now I’m returning with gold in great store
and I never will play the wild rover no more
Chorus:
And it’s no, nay, never,
no, nay, never, no more
will I play the wild rover
no, never, no more
I went into [...]

St. Patrick’s Day, a day of celebration of Irish culture. Bars are open all day. Corned beef is served (Not so much in the Midwest as I have found out).  Parades are taking place. For others a national day of drinking.
For myself, I love the music. It is the days leading up to today that [...]