Purple flower

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Marc Gunn (quote from youtube):

The song title, "Purple Flower" strikes me as funny. I still have no clue what kind of flower it was that I saw while walking through the castle's field. It ultimately didn't matter. It was the beauty that struck me, not the name. Which is why I decided to use such a generic name for the song... a random purple flower that reminded me of my love.

This recording was made in November 2015 at the Louisiana Renaissance Festival

Purple Flower Lyrics

There's a wren on a rock wall

Thorny gorse grows all around

It is miles to the ocean

And to auld Galway town

My feet feel so weary The miles feel so weary

Without you by my side

So I'll pick this purple flower

For the day we reunite

Here's a flower, my darling

From the banks of Ross Lake

It will sit by my bedside

Til your form I embrace

I walk the Aran Islands

Honeysuckle is all in bloom

The rock roads seem harder

With my heart missing you

Though the beer is ever flowing

And the craic is quite grand

Though the music may be growing

It is lonely in this land.

The sun rises too slowly

Over Galway's brisk bay

Crashing waves seem to slow us

As we sail from the quay

I see you by the pierside

And my heart starts to soar

In my hand is your purple flower

Now you're mine once more

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