Name: Song for Birch
Duration: P00H04M18S
Description: The first single from the Root & Branch series, a radio series about native Irish trees made by Brían Mac Gloinn and Anja Murray for The Lyric Feature on RTÉ Lyric FM in 2022. Listen to the series on Sundays at 6pm or wherever you listen to your podcasts.

Song for Birch

by Brían Mac Gloinn, Diarmuid Mac Gloinn, Matthew Jacobson

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The first single from the Root & Branch series, a radio series about native Irish trees made by Brían Mac Gloinn and Anja Murray for The Lyric Feature on RTÉ Lyric FM in 2022. Listen to the series on Sundays at 6pm or wherever you listen to your podcasts.

lyrics

Slender silver
Firstborn hardwood

Bark Unblemished
ply of paper

Freshest leaflets
Bright infusion

Skin the craft
That swims the river

Threshing branches
Quicken blood-flow

Rising sap makes
Draughts for drowsing

Boundaries keeper
New years beacon

Bless the new born
Life redeemer

Skin the craft
That swims the river

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released October 7, 2022
Written and performed by Diarmuid & Brían Mac Gloinn
Drums and percussion by Matthew Jacobson
Recorded and mixed by Brían Mac Gloinn

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