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A Dram to the Holidays

from Treasures in My Chest by Andrew McKnight

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about

I felt that the first song I wrote on the gift guitar should have something to do with those shared ancestors to whom we all owe our existence. It was right before a show I was doing that Christmas, and I started to wonder about the hard lives they would have led in mid-1800s County Down. Around the time of the winter solstice there the sun sinks dreadfully early in the afternoon, and the hard work of manual laborers probably didn't slow much in post-famine Ireland either. Despite the title, it really has little to do with another skill attributed to "my people"; the distillation of spirits other than of the holiday variety.

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Words & music 2017© Catalooch Music, BMI

A flickering candle, on cold window glass, brave and small in the dark
it beams like a lighthouse, on winter shores, guide me safe home in its glow

The wee ones a'slumber, deep in their beds, tucked close in a room much too small
their dreams burn brightly, far more than they should, have reason enough to believe
Lord give them reason to believe

Chorus:
raise a dram to the holidays, long may they last
where hopes for the future dance, with ghosts of the past
hold tight to the best of what's been
we're still here at the holidays again

they come home off the water, and home from the mines, with worry lines worn in their souls
outside the revelers, filling the square, voices raise hymns up on high
proclaiming that Christmas is nigh

the longest of nights, gives way to the dawn, its radiance christens the sea
there's sweets in the oven, a log on the fire, and an angel rests high on the tree
blessed angel keep watch over me

credits

from Treasures in My Chest, released February 28, 2020
Rachel Taylor - cello
Michael Rohrer - bass
Lisa Taylor - drums & harmony vocals
Tony Denikos - harmony vocals
AM - vocals, acoustic & electric guitars

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Nationally-acclaimed singer/songwriter and guitarist celebrates rural America, weaves masterfully crafted songs, humorous stories and poetic drama into a musical soundscape sketched with shades of Appalachia, tasteful slide and jazzy blues, feisty anthems, and rustic folk. 5 solo CDs heard on many public & community radio, plus NPR "Art of the Song" & "River City Folk" and XM/Sirius. ... more

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