#eileen ivers

[hrhthebirthdayprincess]

Rockapella’s “The Violin” featuring Brian Dewan and Eileen Ivers

From the 1992 Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego Soundtrack

[acoustic-expansion]

Eileen Ivers -- Jama

[deirdreofsorrows]

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O'Donnell's Lament / The Reel With the Beryle - Eileen Ivers & Paddy Moloney

Long Journey Home - The Irish In America

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The Violin | Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego ( 1992 High Quality)

The Violin as performed by Brian Dewan & Eileen Ivers

[pamela-rabe]

I haven't said anything about this on Tumblr but I've been learning fiddle the past few months and I'm in love with it 😭 I hope one day to learn this song but Eileen Ivers doesn't have any sheet music out there!!!

if anyone ever wants to try something new at a big age GO FOR IT! you may find your hidden talent ❤️

[pennzance]

I love songs that tell a story. Charlie Daniels is good at it, and so is Billy Joel. Even Ray Stevens and his Mississippi Squirrel. But there's one I grew up with that was written and performed by Brian Dewan accompanied by Eileen Ivers, and to my knowledge, it is the only recorded song by either of them.

And the story it tells... woo, boy.

THE VIOLIN

Well, before you know it, he is born.

He's looking up through painted bars.

And he hears a hairy stranger say

"He'll learn to play the violin."

His mama's voice is high and sweet,

He's got her chin and rosy cheeks.

"And before this birdy leaves the nest,

He'll learn to play the violin."

Now his baby shoes are obsolete.

He's growing like an ivy weed,

And every day, he hears his father say

"He'll play the violin.

His mother and I won't interfere,

We'll give him room. We'll let him steer.

But we won't be happy till we hear

Him learn to play the fiddle."

Hey boy, Jim boy, who you lettin' run your life?

Boy, Jim boy, is it what you want to do?

Hay, boy, Jim boy, ain't you proud to be a man?

Boy, Jim boy-

Leave me alone!

So he went to university

Until he got a law degree

And he kept a vow from years before:

"I'll never play the violin."

He met a girl with rosy cheeks,

She'd laugh when he would tell a joke,

But she left him for another man.

A man who played the violin.

Hey, boy, Jim boy, who you lettin" run your life?

Boy, Jim boy, is it what you want to do?

Hey boy, Jim boy, ain't you proud to be a son?

Boy, Jim boy-

Leave me alone!

With a broken heart he sells his clothes

And books aboard a leaky ship

To find some peace in a foreign land

And learn to play the violin.

Before you know it, the ship goes down

And fish are swimming in his mouth,

And he promises the next go round

He'll learn to play the violin.

[music-in-my-veins14]

[3garcons]

Music Haven Aug 6 Celtic Night

Eileen Ivers stole the show in Schenectady Openers were the McKrells. Music Haven Central Park

Eileen Ivers at Music Haven Schenectady Aug 2023

with The McKrells