lay me doone a farewell to the brave lyrics

We have Tommy and Liam to thank for helping us build our credentials as well as for years of friendship and inspiration. The recording of Schooner Fare’s “Day of the Clipper” by Makem & Clancy in 1978 launched Schooner Fare into another professional arena. Schooner Fare was able to build its repertoire of maritime songs and Irish songs concurrently and sing them in interchangeable venues.

The resurgent interest in Celtic music is due largely to the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem. All elements are testimony to the wings to grow we’ve been given by those who joined us at some point along the way.

Some are completely new songs, decades removed from the start of our journey. A few are not new songs but are a welcome addition to our repertoire. Several of the songs are from our roots as performers.

As it turns out, it wasn’t intentional but a natural occurrence at this point in all aspects of our lives. The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem introduced these songs to the American audience in the late 1950’s, including us.and then the world. So many maritime songs are considered “Irish” songs that often the two genres are indistinguishable. The stories and songs associated with the sea migrated with the sailing trade, and sailors from all over would create new songs about their experiences and spread them worldwide. The roots of thirty-six years of Schooner Fare’s music lie deep in the maritime traditions of Downeast.

Lay me doone a farewell to the brave lyrics