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Monday 24 June 2013
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
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
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLbOBoa8vD8
Elvis Presley (1935-1977)-Separate Ways-Youtube
Talk about greatness and versatility:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wanQDW6wI_Q
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wanQDW6wI_Q
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
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.
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.
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
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
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.”
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