Restless Farewell / The Parting Glass - Eleanor Shanley & Ronnie Drew

[roulette779]

Fantastic

[pedraozinhuu1]

Magia Pura. SUBLIME. Viva a IRLANDA.

[pburns1984]

Bono paid a fitting tribute to Ronnie with these fine words - "Ronnie has left his earthly tour for one of the heavens. They need him up there, God is lonely for a voice louder than his own".

[stjohnspoint]

for ever in my heart. Ronnie

[uviclad]

Never will we hear again,,such a voice....as Ronnie Drew's...

God bless him...always..

G

[McGrenzer]

Thank you for posting pictures that show many stages of Ronnie's life, including the last years. He always made such a strong impression in photographs, on records and in person. This tune is a wonderful epitaph for him; you are to be congratulated, pddybrry.

[pddybrry]

@McGrenzer Thanks for that comment much appreciated.

[RichinNOLA]

Eleanor sings "Restless Farewell" and Ronnie sings "The Parting Glass". Listen and you can clearly hear the two different melodies. It's a beautiful arrangement. Thanks for posting.

[RichinNOLA]

This is actually a medley of two songs: "The Parting Glass" a traditional Irish song, and "Restless Farewell", a VERY close imitation of "The Parting Glass", written by Dylan. I recognize that much art is a rearrangement of old elements into something new, but in this case I think Dylan imitates to the point of plagiarism. It may well be that his subconscious came up with a new version of something he may have heard, but forgotten on a conscious level. I write some of my best stuff that way. lol

[McGrenzer]

@RichinNOLA It seems Dylan did a lot of "borrowing", especially in the early days...but then so did Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Dave Guard and many others: something about all human progress being based on plagiarism. I guess the trick is to know who to borrow from.

[JMD0429]

One of my earliest childhood memories is sitting on my grandad's lap one Easter afternoon. We had all the family over for breakfast and during the quiet that comes after everyone leaves he put on a record. We listened to Ronnie sing "I'll tell me ma" and we sang and we laughed.

Godspeed Ronnie, thank you for the days.

[JMANN1x00]

Very good song well done, What an Irish legend Ronnie drew was. God Bless, He is one of the reasons I love true Irish Music!

[JMANN1x00]

Very good song well done, What an Irish legend Ronnie drew was. God Bless, He is one of the reasons I love true Irish Music!

[friesenlamm]

great stuff...miss ya Ronnie R.I.P.

[tshanley01]

I love this song. My name is Troy Shanley I live in Port Leyden New york . I love my Irish heritage

[dubliner85]

these two voices together are pure magic

[colincoby]

I'm now convinced, after listening to this and Dervish's version of Spanish Boots, that Bob Dylan's songs sound even better when performed by Irish artists.

[berryjewell]

hiontach. Mesmerized by Ronnie on this one. :-)

[pinacoladathe5th]

God bless him

that voice

gave me shivers when he began to sing

le Dia, a chara..

[mkearley49]

Thanks for this one Paddy, it's a gem.

[kate285]

Lovely, Thanks for sharing Paddy and thanks to Nonie for sending.

[jeroendevries]

Thanks for posting

[killiekentman]

nice one