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In Her Own Time

by Nóirin Lynch

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    In Her Own Time is a collection of folk songs that sing of home, love, loss and finding the path back to yourself. While Noirin had one original song on her first album, Ecotones in 2012 - this album has five stories of family, of lockdown and of the Good People she met along the way.

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1.
The back of the winter is broken And light lingers long by the door Oh the seeds of the summer have spoken In gowans that bloom on the shore By night and day we'll sport and we'll play And delight as the dawn dances over the bay Sleep blows the breath of the morning away And we follow the heron home In darkness we cradled our sorrow And stoked all our fires with fear Now these bones that lie empty and hollow Are ready for gladness and cheer By night and day we'll sport and we'll play And delight as the dawn dances over the bay Sleep blows the breath of the morning away And we follow the heron home Long may you sing of the salmon And the snow-scented sounds of your home While the north wind delivers its sermon Of ice and salt water and stone By night and day we'll sport and we'll play And delight as the dawn dances over the bay Sleep blows the breath of the morning away And we follow the heron home
2.
Selkie 03:29
Dyin to be home now to touch another's hand But the thought of packing cases, a dread fills up my mind What happens when you hold your breath for months of being brave The pain denied, the tears un-cried, they surface like a wave And its silly to be talking now of how we all were brave When all we did was stay indoors for forever and a day Yet somehow as I face the door and head for family I'm more lonely and heartbroken now I smell the salty sea And this Selkie's standing naked on the shore Watching as it all returns to what it was before Standing in a newborn skin of calm and peace and discipline Wondering what it costs us now, to stop and start again The end of being brave is now a scary place to stand The end of lonely moments, the taking of a hand Anyone can carry the ocean with a heart But to watch it float away unchanged It tears us all apart. And what is to remember, and what is to forget What remains unspoken from when we were at our best And how are we to honour the grief, the memories? Must we walk the path laid out or can we swim these salty seas? Oh this Selkie's standing naked on the shore...
3.
The blue around a morning moon The colour of your eyes I remember holding you A fall through summer skies You're everything that I've become In every word I say I need a bell, book and candle To keep your ghost away To keep your ghost away To keep your ghost away I need a bell book and candle To keep your ghost away White horses on a troubled sea Your smile will flash through time Up ahead a blackbird's wing Your hair will come to mind Every night I see your face When I have to pray I need a bell, book and candle To keep your ghost away Keep your ghost away Keep your ghost away I need a bell, book and candle To keep your ghost away Just before the thunder roars I sense you next to me And as I move through nature I know where you will be So I must keep myself apart And here is where I'll stay With a bell, book and candle To keep your ghost away
4.
Daylight twinkles through the blinds, The sun is warming the sky And to a barking dog and the chattering of little birds, I open up a weary eye And there’s coffee smells and tall church bells, The radio is singing a song. And my heart is full of everything that’s possible Tumbling around in a song. But sometimes when I hear a reel whispering across the breeze Oh my heart falls down like a mountain side in summer time Tumbling into the sea. Night time flickers urban bright The neon shadows abound And there music here and there’s entertainment everywhere Going for the price of a song. But those cardboard spaces, pop up places, cast a shadow too long So when my heads too full of everything that’s possible I turn it all around with a song Then sometimes when I hear a reel, whispering across the breeze Then my heart lifts up like that mountain side in summer time Tumbling into the sea.
5.
Harbour 03:43
Suitcase packed again, A life loaded into boxes. The case is closed a tear is shed It seems like I spend my life packing up the pieces, moving on, moving ahead I came into this place with a heart that was aching No longer sure who I could be But you have held my heart when it was cold and silent Til now I hear its beat again Oh you were harbour, harbour For a heart that was aching You were harbour for a vessel that could no longer sail And as I leave this safest harbour For a world not yet known Somehow this harbour will remain for me a home - this harbour will remain for me a home. The Christmas lights are up, brightening up the pavements They're flashing, dancing in the dark And I who was so sure that so much was forsaken Find technicolour floods my heart Oh you were harbour, harbour For a heart that was aching You were harbour for a vessel that could no longer sail And as I leave this safest harbour For a world not yet known Somehow this harbour will remain for me a home - this harbour will remain for me a home.
6.
I'm sliding silver sweet through morning waking time A gentle kiss hello Eyes still closed, hearts still open wide You carry me away And I need no proper paper plans today No cardboard cutouts round some future I would make No, you are here with me There's nothing more I want or need. You carry me away. you carry me away Oh I would wipe that frown with dream tinged fingertips I'd reach across some line But sure all we have is just this here-and-now So I say your name out loud - can you hear me? I need no proper paper plans today No cardboard cutouts round some future I would make No, you are here with me There's nothing more I want or need. You carry me away. you carry me away Come carry me away ...
7.
Baking Bread 02:28
Lately, I've been baking bread - its such a simple thing. A welcome for the day without a word Now my house fills with sweet sweet smells Simple things can wake a weary world Lately I've been sewing seeds in my own garden, They build my bones and taste of sunshine too. I wish I'd listen hard to my grandfather. A life of sewing seeds was all he knew Lately I've been singing songs instead of all the things, that I should do before the day is through Its a sad sad thing that we all sing too few songs before our time is done Lately I've been watching love come through my own front door We break bread, sing and dance and eat our fill Though the dawning day carries you away The love we make is in these old walls still So lately, I've been baking bread...
8.
Seoithín, seo hó, mo stór é, mo leanbh Mo sheoidín gan cealg, mo chuid gan tsaoil mhór Seothín seo hó, nach mór é an taitneamh Mo stóirín 'sna leaba, 'na chodladh gan brón. (Seoithín Seó is an untranslateable croon for a sleeping baby ... Seoithin Seo, my heart and my baby My flawless jewel, my part of the big world Seoithin Seo, isn't it just wonderful My little heart in bed and asleep without any sorrow) A leanbh mo chléibh go n-eirí do chodhladh leat Séan is sonas gach oíche le do chóir Tá mise le do thaobh ag guídhe ort na mbeannacht Seothín a leanbh is ní imeoidh tú liom (Oh child of my heart, may your sleep be calm and good Blessings and happiness each night be yours I am beside you, praying for blessings on you, Seoithin my baby and don't leave me now.) Its tea time in Melbourne, its morning in Limerick Jacks in his pyjamas, we're skyping good night Its sunrise, its sunset, Time doesn't matter here Wave to your Granda, kiss Granny good night Like the waves on the sea shore, our love it pours over you Like the sea hugs the shoreline, we hold you tonight We're half in Australia, and half here in Ireland Distance is nothing when your smile is so bright. Seoithín...
9.
Good People 04:19
My neighbours put a Budda in the backyard Its standing all serene among the tubs Of onions, thyme and lettuce leaves Of meditations and ice cream He says we'll take it one step at a time That Buddas gonna keep my heart alive. My neighbours put a candle out her window I'm sure its gonna fall on someones head She says its her best crystal Ah but better out than in sir We're taking this just one step at a time My neighbors gonna keep my heart alive. These are good people who keep on keepin' Good people keep my heart alive Good people, who keep on keepin' Good people keep us all alive We're taking this one step at a time. My nephews got a line in jokes and rhymes He practices the words to keep in time Then he leans to ask his Dad what the punchline is again To see those two boys laugh is just sublime My nephews gonna keep my heart alive My friends have all got kids who're at the front Who're mopping brows and floors just hanging tough And the love them with warm porridge With advice and unnamed worries My friends have wordless love that holds the line My friends are gonna keep my heart alive These are good people who keep on keepin' Good people keep my heart alive Good people, who keep on keepin' Good people keep us all alive We're taking this one step at a time. Taking this just one step at a time.
10.
Oh the springtime returns to the Laggan again And the lark sweetly sings o'er the green fertile plain So I'll take the road that is dearest to me, The road to Drumleman that winds to the sea. For I've made many friends there on every green mile And the folks always greet me with a wave and a smile If I spend all my days here, it's happy I'll be, On the road to Drumleman that winds to the sea. For we sat round the fireside when the winter winds blew And we laughed and we sang till the night was well through Then we'd have a good dram and a wee cup o' tea For the road to Drumleman that winds to the sea. And the long summer days when we tramped the hills o'er And spent hours at the Eenans or Creggan's wild shore And the long summer night made shadows to flee On the road to Drumleman that winds to the sea. Oh these days passing swiftly bring changes I know And as time passes on from this place we must go But I'll always remember while the heart beats in me, The road to Drumleman that winds to the sea.

about

In Her Own Time is Nóirin's second album.
A personal journey of love, home and kindness along the road; 'In Her Own Time' is an invitation to join me as I sing old stories of love and loss and fresh lockdown captures too!

I was delighted to have worked and sung some fantastic musicians in north Clare who have always been great encouragers of us all - Jono, Adam, Dermot, Eoin, Clara and Martin are all musical cheerleaders who give wings to many wondering if they should or could...

I want to dedicate this album to those who made up the Kilshanny Singing Circle over the past years. On our covid-hiatus, we have all realised how blessed we have been to meet monthly on the road between Ennistymon and Lisdoonvarna; creating a circle of songs that wound a unique magic round all our hearts. Thanks to Mary and Aidan who welcomed us, to locals who were patient with us, and to all who travelled cross country and from abroad to be there. Go mbeirimid beo 's le cheile aris (May we be well and together again soon).

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released November 6, 2020

Musicians: Clara Buteler, Dermot Byrne, Jon O'Connell, Martin O'Malley, Eoin O'Neil, and Adam Shapiro
Mixed and mastered by Martin O'Malley
Produced by Nóirin Lynch at Malbay studios. October 2020

Graphic design: Carol Byrne
Images: Nóirin Lynch

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Nóirin Lynch Clarecastle, Ireland

Nóirin is a singer/songwriter based in Clare in Ireland. She is known for her unique voice,
ability to inhabit a traditional song or to create a heartwarming story in a simple song. This is her folk album.

Previous albums
- Ecotones 2012
- Crag Road 2014
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