Both my songs and my fiction (more at brendanbreathnach.com) are inspired by Irish myth and legend. I am particularly drawn to Irish supernatural creatures. I have packed a lot of them into a new song, A Town Called Baile Dubh. It should be available soon on Spotify and other distributors. Here are the lyrics.
A Town Called Baile Dubh
The author tries in vain to write
And walks the streets so dark and quiet
All alone
In a town called Baile Dubh
The banshee wails into the night
And now someone must lose their life
Ochone!
In a town called Baile Dubh
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And Baile Dubh, and Baile Dubh
Tá muíd bocht, anocht (we are poor, tonight)
In Baile Dubh
And where have all the children gone?
Have the Daoine Sidhe stolen everyone?
Tá muíd brón (we are sad)
Where have all the children gone
He hears some steps, the Dullahan
The headless horseman wants a soul
Before dawn
A soul before dawn
The fairy lover floats like the breeze
And the writer’s beguiled by the Leannan Sidhe
Sí beag, Sí mór (little fairy dwelling, big fairy dwelling)
Sí beag, Sí mór
The make sweet love by the heather and the reeds
And his soul she takes but his poem she leaves
Some lonesome words
Of a town called Baile Dubh
