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The Old Songs (Feat. Eddi Reader)

by Ultan Conlon

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Based on an idea by David Garza and inspired by JJ Hough's singing pub in Banagher Co Offaly

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The Old Songs.

Who’s gonna sing the old songs
Who’s gonna sing the old songs
Who’s gonna Dance the old steps and who’s gonna sing along

That’s big Mike in the corner
After 12 pints of stout
With a falsetto tone
Build like a brick shit house
Yet I fall to my knees
When he sings “Raglan Road”
And my heart is transposed from it’s breaking

We sing ‘Ave Maria', ‘You Are My Sunshine’ ,
‘The Mountains Of Mourn’ and the ‘The Wichita Lineman’
Forget all your worries, we haven’t a care
Sing Along in the Starlight tonight

Tess plays “Enjoy Yourself, It’s later than you think..”
There’s a bun in her hair in a room plied with drink
Yet she takes me away
As she sings it with joy
And my mind is transposed from it’s aching

Who’s gonna sing the old songs, who’s gonna sing the old songs
Who’s gonna dance the old steps
And who’s gonna la di da
Who’s gonna sing the old songs
Who’s gonna sing the old songs
Who’s gonna do the old rhymes When all the old timers are gone

Then there’s Billy from Dublin
He takes over the night
With a glass in one hand and the other the mic
Yet I stomp both my feet
When he sings ‘Dirty Old Town’
And my black dog makes his way back home

We sing ‘The Wild Rover’, ‘I’ll take you home again Kathleen’
‘To know him is to love him’, ‘All I have to do is Dream'
Forgot all your worries, We haven’t a care
We sing Old Songs in The Starlight tonight

Then that gang up the front
They’ve had more than a few
They’ll scream and they'll squabble
About nothing new
Yet they fill up the space
It sure is a rare place
Sing Along in the Starlight tonight

Who’s gonna sing the old songs, who’s gonna sing the old songs
Who’s gonna dance the old steps
And who’s gonna la di da
Who’s gonna sing the old songs
Who’s gonna sing the old songs
Who’s gonna do the old rhymes When all the old timers are gone

We sing ‘Waltzing Matilda’, then the ‘N17’
'Can’t Help Falling In Love’, ‘Somewhere under the Sea’
Forget all your worries we haven’t a care
Sing along in the starlight tonight

‘Born on the Bayou’ and ‘Here comes the Sun’
‘The Tennessee Waltz’, ‘Girls want to have Fun’
Forgot all your worries, We haven’t a care
Sing Along in the Starlight Tonight


Who’s gonna sing the old songs
Who’s gonna sing the old songs
Who’s gonna dance the old steps
And who’s gonna sing along

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released April 13, 2023
Written and Recorded in LA in August 2022 with David Garza.

Guest Vocals by Eddi Reader

Engineered and Mixed by John Would

Mastered by Jim Wilson

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Ultan Conlon Galway, Ireland

I'm from a town called Loughrea in the West of Ireland. I live 30 minutes East of there in a village called Ahascragh. I have just released my fourth studio album called 'There's a Waltz' which was recorded in LA with Sean Watkins (Nickel Creek) producing. In it for the long run...Stay Tuned ... more

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