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Friday, 21 June 2013

Elvis Presley (1935-1977)-Danny Boy-Youtube

 A great presentation; the best I have heard, by the greatest, and most versitile, entertainer of all time:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVi0ZWrkjOg

ELVIS Presley (1935-1977)-Bridge Over Troubled Water-Youtube

Just another example of what it takes to be the greatest.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLbOBoa8vD8

ELVIS Presley (1935-1977)-Early Morning Rain-You tube

Talk about great:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9Nw0r2Uy34

Elvis Presley (1935-1977)-Separate Ways-Youtube

Talk about greatness and versatility:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wanQDW6wI_Q

Elvis Presley (1935-1977)-Only The Strong Survive ( Alt.Take,X Rated )-You tube


Great examples of versitility:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4gsc-9xxF4

Elvis Presley(1935-1977)-I'll Be There (If You Ever Want Me)-Youtube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTYAWlo2OMs

Elvis Presley (1935 1977-Power of my love (take 6-1969)-Youtube

Everyone was taken by his timeless power and greatness of talent.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R41f-0T_e2c

An Acre of Grass-William Butler Yeats (1865-1939

Picture and book remain,
An acre of green grass
For air and exercise,
Now strength of body goes;
Midnight, an old house
Where nothing stirs but a mouse.

My temptation is quiet.
Here at life's end
Neither loose imagination,
Nor the mill of the mind
Consuming its rag and bone,
Can make the truth known.

Grant me an old man's frenzy,
Myself must I remake
Till I am Timon and Lear
Or that William Blake
Who beat upon the wall
Till Truth obeyed his call;

A mind Michaek Angeo knew
That can pierce the clouds,
Or inspired by frenzy
Shake the dead in their shrouds;
Forgotten else by mankind,
An old man's eagle mind.

The Song of the Old Mother-William Butler Yeats (1865 1939).

I rise in the dawn, and  I kneel and blow
Till the seed of the fire flicker and glow;
And then U must scrub and bake and sweep
Till stars are beginning to blink and peep;
And the young lie long and dream in their bed
Of the matching of ribbons for bosom and head,
And their day goes over in idleness,
And they sigh if the wind but lift a tress:
While I must work because I am old,
And the seed of the fire gets feeble and cold.

The Water Is Wide-Eva Cassidy

Very worth while: and I do believe the two songs by her that, I have  linked to, go together.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAqWQbzFXiQ

John Lennon's IMAGINE, by Eva Cassidy

A very nice version,  I do believe John Lennon would approve and it's some thing to think about.:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=soRFEeLEXn4&feature=em-subs_digest-vrecs

Friday, 7 June 2013

Son, You're Never Missing From Our Lives, Just Watching Over Us.

©Al (Alex-Alexander) D. Girvan. All rights reserved.
In memory of  Robert (Sandy-Sandy-Man) Girvan, my son.
Son, You’re 
Never Missing From Our Lives, 
Just Watching Over us.
Though somebody is missing from our dinner table,
From his bedroom, and our home;
Though his body may be missing from celebrations,
Family vacations and in between.
That someone's only missing, if his memory be gone.

Only then, will he not have parties, graduations, celebrations;
To be missed throughout the rest of eternity.
Only when, our lives he does not in some way touch;
When, a family, we are not;
Only then, will he be missing, when his memory be gone.


We must continue on.

Though his abode be with THE CREATOR now;
If, he still lives, in our hearts and minds,
Then, his memory keeps US alive.
Yes, we were all blessed by his short mortal life;
It’s He that keeps US strong-HIS memory not gone.

He is never missing from our lives.
Just Watching over us.













Thursday, 6 June 2013

Was this Muhammad Ali’s Advice to his Daughters?

The following quote is rumoured to have come from an incident that took place when Muhammad Ali’s daughters arrived at his home wearing clothes that were less than modest. The truth of the rumour I cannot vouch for, the truth in the advice I can-it is worth remembering and thinking about..
“Everything that God made valuable in the world is covered and hard to get to.
Where do you find diamonds?
Deep down in the ground, covered and protected.
 Where do you find pearls?
Deep down at the bottom of the ocean,
Covered up and protected in a beautiful shell.
Where do you find gold?
Way down deep in the mine, covered over with layers and layers of rock

You've got to work, HARD, to get to them.”