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Let The Home Fires Burn

by Andrew Lawlor

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I wrote this song specifically to perform at Westival, the Westport Music and Arts Festival, in October 2020.
I had been hugely impressed by how the Westival team had adapted to the challenges thrown at them by the Covid restrictions, and had moved the entire festival online with a new theme of 'Keep The Home Fires Burning.'
The song is a tribute to the great effort put in by the Westival team to keep the show on the road.

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From far away
Your home fires burn bright
Through our darkest days
You shine your light
You heal our hearts
And you warm our nights

Your music rolls
Over Grainne’s shore
Across the Curlew hills
It finds my door
It creeps inside
And warms my bones

Let the home fires burn
All around the bay
Until we raise a glass
On another day
Let the home fires burn
Keep them burning strong
Let the music play
While we sing our song

Coda’s song
Soothes my soul
It fills me in
And makes me whole
I’m water bound
But I’m sailing home

Let the home fires burn
All around the bay
Until we raise a glass
On another day
Let the home fires burn
Keep them burning strong
Let the music play
While we sing our song

I’ll settle down
And find my place
Where the peat fire burns
And warms my face
And I’ll dream of days
In your warm embrace
While your tribesmen sleep
Westport’s awake

Let the home fires burn
All around the bay
Until we raise a glass
On another day
Let the home fires burn
Keep them burning strong
Let the music play
While we sing our song

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released March 30, 2021
Vocals, Guitars and Harmonica performed by Andrew Lawlor

Words and Music by Andrew Lawlor

Produced by Andrew Lawlor

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Andrew Lawlor WH, Ireland

Singer/Songwriter from Delvin, Co. Westmeath, Ireland.
Writing mostly in a folk tradition with a leaning towards country, with occasional forays into rock.
Recently working on a series of collaborations with the outrageously talented Anna Fisher-Roberts.
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