DESCRIPTION:
Christy Moore: 'Quiet Desperation' / 'The Bord na Móna Man' / 'Hey Ronnie Regan'
(Lyrics for 'Quiet Desperation' only)

QUIET DESPERATION:

"My soul is in the mountain
My heart is in the land
I'm lost here in the city
There's so much I don't understand.

There's quiet desperation coming over me,
Coming over me.

I've got to leave I can't stay another day
There's an emptiness inside of me,
I can't bear the loneliness out here
There's another place I've got to be.

I long for you, Dakota (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dakota)
The smell of sweet grass on the plain
I see too much meanness
And I feel too much pain.

And there's quiet desperation coming over me,
Coming over me.

I've got to leave I can't stay another day
There's an emptiness inside of me
I can't bear the loneliness out here
There's another place I've got to be."

(A song by Floyd Red Crow Westerman: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floyd_Red_Crow_Westerman)

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Christy Moore (born 7 May 1945) is an Irish folk singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He is well known as one of the founding members of 'Planxty' (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planxty) and 'Moving Hearts' (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moving_Hearts). His first album, 'Paddy on the Road' (http://www.christymoore.com/discography/paddy-on-the-road/), a minor release of 500, although made available again on CD through his website and at gigs in 2010, was recorded with Dominic Behan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominic_Behan), brother of Brendan Behan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendan_Behan), in 1969. In 2007, he was named as Ireland's greatest living musician in the 'People of the Year' awards by RTÉ (http://www.rte.ie/):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raidi%C3%B3_Teilif%C3%ADs_%C3%89ireann.
Ballyporeen: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballyporeen
Bord na Móna: http://www.bordnamona.ie/
The first image of the slide show is of Christy Moore speaking in Doolough (http://www.ianohio.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=798:the-tragedy-at-doolough&catid=148:illuminations&Itemid=603), County Mayo, during the Annual Great Famine Walk organised by Afri (http://www.afri.ie/) whose founder, Joe Murray, is standing behind him.