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Carrickfergus

by Kennethwilsoncello

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Carrickfergus - a beautiful Irish tune, about loss and separation. Part of my Highway Cello journey - album to follow!

lyrics

Not really lyrics, but a poem I perform alongside Carrickfergus:

I live in fear that God
will punish wanton atheism.

Either that, or mindless
universe will raise

a fatal stumbling block
across my path.

I live in fear that this
safety – a warm

house, a civil life,
gentle loneliness –

is false, chimerical
and slippery.

I place my feet with care;
I guard my expectations.

But it’s not enough.
Some jealous unknown God

or careless vengeful universe
will hole me in the end

and I’ll go down.


© Kenneth Wilson

credits

released February 23, 2022
Irish trad. arr. Ilse de Ziah

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Kennethwilsoncello England, UK

Kenneth Wilson is an ex-vicar, failed property developer, and reformed vegetarian, who once ran an Indian travel company.
Now, as The Poetical Cellist, he plays a wide variety of foot-tapping, tear-jerking – and just plain sexy – solo cello music, with an arresting and acid poetical commentary.
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