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The Planter​’​s Daughter

from Songs from a Life — Dear Dirty Dublin by Frank Callery

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The Planter's Daughter

When night stirred at sea,
And the fire brought a crowd in
They say that her beauty
Was music in mouth
And few in the candlelight
Thought her too proud,
For the house of the planter
Is known by the trees.

Chorus
Stars lit her breathing,
The hills of the ocean;
The gold of their light
A thread of her cloak
The choir on the black strand
The voice of her pleading,
No yolk without shells
No fire without smoke.

Men that had seen her
Drank deep and were silent,
The women were speaking
Wherever she went —
As a bell that is rung
Or a wonder told shyly
And O she was the Sunday
In every week.

—© Austin Clarke Estate/Frank Callery

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from Songs from a Life — Dear Dirty Dublin, track released February 22, 2022
Original Poem ‘The Planter’s Daughter’ by Austin Clarke.
Song setting and additional verse Chorus: Frank Callery.
Vocals: Frank Callery.
Guitars and Keyboards: Paul Grant.
Mandolins: Martin Murray.

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Frank Callery Kilkenny, Ireland

Frank Callery is an award-winning songwriter, poet, editor, journalist and historian, who revels in the words and music of his heritage and tradition. A Dubliner, he has lived in Co. Kilkenny for the past 25 years.
I have written hundreds of songs and arranged song settings of the works of W.B. Yeats, Winnifred Mary Letts, John M. Synge, Robin Flower (Bláithín), Eva Gore-Booth and Moira O'Neill. ... more

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