Meaningful songs #31 - TIR NA NOG

This is the thirty-first in an occasional series of songs from my collection, with the intent of introducing music to younger readers that they may gain appreciation of music from the classic years, 1957-1990. 

I have lived long enough to hear the "popular" music industry become ever-more formulaic, lazy, uninspiring and cynical; delivering "units" and "artistes" as interesting and memorable as polished mud.

Meaningful songs that eloquently convey a story, sentiment, or social comment and make it to national consciousness are rare these days. If you agree this song is meaningful, please introduce it to someone young; they might enjoy becoming "musical archaeologists".

Todays song, titled "Our Love Will No Decay", released in 1971, is by a group called Tir Na Nog.

Tir Na Nog are an Irish singing duo whose name is from Irish mythology

From their eponymous first album, hear the song here

Our Love Will Not Decay is a folk song reflecting upon the resilience of love to adversity. It is a gentle but uplifting song that has served me well.

OUR LOVE WILL NOT DECAY
    
Were the calf to die in the womb

And the ewe to bear her lamb too soon

Should the field of barley fail

And the baby at your breast grow pale

Our love will not mildewed grow, no

 

Were the snow to last into Spring

And your fingers blue up to the ring

Should you curse the icy blast

All your beauty, it destroys at last

Our love will not mildewed grow, no

 

But with every new-born day

The same thought through our lives will always stay

And the sun will shine through the dew

The baby will have rosy cheeks like you

And our love will not mildewed grow, no

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