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The imaginary triangle that connects three of the places that I have spent so much time the last few years - Carraroe, Inisheer and Doolin - inspired this song. I climbed one of the hills on a turbulent, yet starry night in Doolin in early 2021 looking at Inisheer’s glimmering lighthouse reflections in the sea. When I was in Carraroe, I did the same… from the other side of the water.

It got me thinking about what connects these three places, and all the people who have gone before me. If I was standing on one of the piers in these places about to board a boat further West, what would I tell my friends, families, lovers? ‘Sing a song of old, love the ones you hold…’

Lena Popovchenko met film makers Brendan Canty and Ayla Amano in April 2022 after arriving in Ballyvaughan, Co.Clare from the Donetsk region of Ukraine. They recorded Lena dancing around the Spring Burren landscape, giving her total freedom and autonomy to move and dance however she wanted to, to simply do the thing she loved....

This song is about leaving and longing, and the strength of the human spirit in the face of adversity. Bain Sult - Enjoy

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Video by Brendan Canty and Ayla Amano
Performance and Choreography by Lena Popovchenko
Special Thanks to Arsenii

Written and performed by Clare Sands
Guitar by Steve Cooney
Harp by Aisling Urwin
Double Bass by Caimin Gimore
Percussion by Davie Ryan
Mixed by Wavefield Studios
Mastered by Seán MacErlaine
Special thanks to Resonate Music Network and Glór Theatre, Ennis in the heart of Co. Clare for the space & support to bring this to life.

BUY/STREAM the ALBUM : https://lnk.to/ClareSandsAlbum
TOUR DATES : http://claresands.com

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LYRICS :

Sing a song of old, love the one you hold

Sunset over Inis Oírr, ignites the gorse in County Clare
Inviting me to dance, a West of Ireland trance

Make our way to Bones Bay
Waves engulf and make love
In the depths of the unknown
Body move soft and slow

Bualfaimid ar an gcaladh (we’ll meet at the harbour)
Tú ag seoladh ó do bhaile (you’re leaving home)
Bualfaimid ar an gcaladh (we’ll meet at the harbour)

Sing a song of old, love the one you hold, sing a song of old

Along the Flaggy Shore, we rise and we fall
In the Burren slate grey lake
I feel your embrace

The tide pulls you west
Time to leave the nest
And carry my song song
Ná chaill do cheol-dán (don’t lose your poetry)

Bualfaimid ar an gcaladh (we’ll meet at the harbour)
Tú ag seoladh níl aon roghadh (you’re leaving without choice)
Bualfaimid ar an gcaladh (we’ll meet at the harbour)

Sing a song of old, Love the one you hold X8

Sing a song of old