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(SOFT STRINGS)

"What is love?", you ask.

My head spins, recallin' every song, story, words,

and glorious things I ever heard.

Every cliche rings in my ears like a bell announcin'

the birth of a new day, or the death of yesterday.

Depends on how you hear it.

I haven't a clue.

So I ask love:

"What are you?"

Love replies:

"Can't you feel me? I'm here.

I'm the one holdin' your hand remindin' you not to forget me.

I'm the warm feelin' in your belly when you don't know why.

I'm the ache to the core when one someone sways

to the other side of a vibe

I'm the tingle of your skin when it's touched by the tip of

a thrill you can rely on

The knowing,

when your eyes meet eyes that recognise yours and hold you,

loose enough to move freely but...

tight enough to never let you fall

I'm the breath you take in and let all the way out to the end

when you're held. And your shoulders drop into arms,

you flop that feel like a blanket of truth

And wrap you and sooth you to the moon you thought was in the sky.

I'm the backbone that holds it all together,

The vertebrae stacked on top of each other when it's all gone pear shaped

and wrong. I'm the bitin' on your lip, keepin' it zipped,

swallowin' words that could wound and rip apart.

I'm choosin' kindness over bein' right.

I'm the fight in you when you don't know how.

The light in you when it's gone right out

I'm life when I'm near,

hope without fear.

I'm nothin' fancy in a world drippin' in gold,

but a beautiful jewel never bought, never sold

And when you open your heart and let me in alone

You'll know who I am, (WHISPERS) because I feel like home."

(HARP MUSIC)

# Good people all

# this Christmas-time

# consider well

# and bear in mind

# what our good God

# for us has done

# in sending his

# beloved Son

# With Mary holy we should pray

# to God with love

# this Christmas day

# In Bethlehem upon that morn

# there was a blessed Messiah born

# Near Bethlehem did shepherds keep

# their flocks of lambs

# and feeding sheep

# to whom God's angels did appear

# which put the shepherds

# in great fear

# Prepare and go

# the angles said

# to Bethlehem

# Be not afraid

# For there you'll find

# this happy morn

# a princely babe,

# sweet Jesus born

# With thankful heart

# and joyful mind

# the shepherds went the babe to find

# And as God's angel had foretold

# they did our saviour

# Christ behold

# Within a manger

# he was laid

# and by his side

# the virgin maid

# attending on

# the Lord of life

# who came on earth to

# end all strife yeah

# Good people all

# this Christmas-time

# consider well

# and bear in mind

# what our good God

# for us has done

# in sending his

# beloved Son

# With Mary holy

# we should pray

# to God with love

# this Christmas day

# In Bethlehem

# upon that morn

# there was a blessed

# Messiah born #

(APPLAUSE)

That was The Wexford Carols,

a traditional and old Irish song.

Sang beautifully by the elegant, eloquent Loah.

And I know there'd be nobody more perfect than Loah to open

this gorgeous show tonight.

We are gathered here together in Dublin in Saint Steven's Church,

We called it the Pepper Cannister, to celebrate our love of music,

our poetry, our storytelling, our spoken word.

And celebrate everything, not just a Christian Christmas

but an inclusive Christmas. We have celebrated this time for

thousands of years.

And I want to encapture the true spirit of this time

in all its simplicity, in all its glory.

It's really a time of community, of caring and sharing

and looking after those of the community that need it most.

One thing that Grafton Street in Dublin is synonymous with

is the Christmas Eve busk,

where some of our greatest musicians join together

to raise spirits, raise awareness

and raise much needed funds for the Simon Community.

Now, the main man responsible for the Christmas Eve busk

is my gorgeous friend. He's the most amazing songwriter,

singer, actor, new daddy

and has the most glorious spirit of almost anyone I've ever known.

He's true heart, he's gonna reach into your chest and

pull your heart out any minute.

And he's going to be joined here with- Glen, I'd like you to

introduce the song and who's singing it with you.

Thanks Imelda. Well, I'm gonna sing a song of mine called High Hope.

And I remember seeing Paddy Finnigan here next to me

I remember seeing him busking a song of mine,

Falling Slowly on Grafton Street, about two years ago.

I was going through a really rough part of my life when I was busking

around the side of Steven's grand shopping centre.

I was singing Falling Slowly, and a woman was recordin' me

And during the whole thing she came up and threw money into my case.

I was knocked out by his version

because it was just so much better than my own.

And I was like, wow, you know when you see a busker

and you're just like, that is amazing

and we went up and spoke for a second

and amazing, I hadn't seen him since. I spotted him in

the audience and so, I asked him does he know this song,

and he said he sung it today. The serendipity is here so...

We'll try singing it together.

To be quite frank, drink and drugs kinda took over my life.

I've been playing music in pubs and different settings

on Grafton Street, Hender Street

as long as I can remember since when I was 16, 17. Kind of got lost

in the madness of it a little bit, you know, lost my way.

On the 28th December last year I decided to go get help.

A fellow reached out to me and he got me in with the Simon Community

and they've been a massive help in my life.

It's given me a chance to kind of, express who I really am

without the medium of music. So I'm not hiding behind any ego and stuff

that I would've been doing in the past.

# I'm workin' on the high hope

# and if it all works out # you might just see me

# or hear from me in a while

# I'm gonna make it across # this tight rope

# and I'm comin' for my prize

# No more I'll be waitin' 'round # while life passes me by

# Maybe when we're both old and wise

# maybe when our hearts have had some time

# I'm gonna see you there

# I'm gonna see you there, lay

# Where we can be natural, lay

# 'Cause I've been livin' # in the half life

# Not sure which way to turn # Why must a man lose everything

# to find out what he wants

# I'm gonna wait until it feels right

# and when that time has come # wild horses won't keep me back

# from where you have gone

# Maybe when we're both old and wise

# maybe when we both have had some time

# I'm gonna see you there

BOTH: # I'm gonna see you there, lay

# Where we can be natural, lay

# After all we've seen # we can do anything, lay

# I wanna see you there #

'I've been busking around the street for 12 years so I've played

that song about 100 times, but I've never played it like that

with my hair up, you know?' (APPLAUSE)

Paddy Finnigan everybody.

I'm a believer. Might not have luck, but I'm a believer.

It's very beautiful for me and it's something I needed coming up to

Christmas too cos it's gonna be hard one this year

for a lot of people out there.

Welcome back to the Pepper Cannister here in Dublin

I'm so honoured to have John Shane

with us tonight. And you will know from the Dubliners,

we love the Dubliners, and we know he's an amazing musician,

and amazing composer, and he's a fine Lordsmith.

He's going to perform his poem, Winter. But firstly,

he's going to play the Marina Waltz.

It's a modern day classic here and we all know it well.

And he's joined on fiddle by Ceol, his daughter,

By Queeva and Seamus

And Coleman on the harp.

You're gonna enjoy this.

(APPLAUSE)

Winter coming in across the fields,

long shadows creeping stubbled ground.

Harvest home, barns bulging full,

In dormant mood, the year is turning round.

Livestock from the cold are gathering in;

horse unharnessed;

stable-bound for rest;

Chewing the cud in vacant mood, the cows;

In straw-strewn byre, the warmth of bovine breath.

Winter's landscape artist in the wind;

Busy wrapping white the idle yard.

Perched upon a bough, a twitch of red;

A robin posing for a Christmas card.

Evening closing in, the lamp is lit;

Children to the fire are drawing near;

Leaning to the talk of stock and seed;

Learning how to save another year.

At this time,

we long for those who are no longer with us more than ever.

So I would like to pay tribute to all of those

especially the older generations, who seem to bring

the gorgeous Hollywood glamour to Christmas.

And sing the songs from Nat King Cole and Bing Crosby and...

Frank Sinatra, to all of our Christmases.

Did you have that? We all had that.

My first song's actually a Judy Garlen song,

taught to me by my mother.

By our late mammy. And I want to sing this for her,

and for all of those that we miss tonight.

# Have yourself

# a merry little Christmas

# Let your heart be light

# Next year all our troubles

# will be out of sight

# Have yourself

# a merry little Christmas

# Make the Yule-tide gay

# Next year all our troubles

# will be miles away

# Once again as in olden days

# Happy golden days of yore

# Faithful friends # who were near to us

# will be dear to us once more

# Some day soon # we all will be together

# If the fates allow

# Until then # we'll have to muddle through

# somehow

# So have yourselves

# a merry little Christmas

# now

# Ooh once again

# as in olden days

# Happy golden days of yore

# Faithfull friends # who were near to us

# Oh they'll be dear to us

# once more

# Someday soon

# we all will be together

# If the fates allow

# Until then # we'll have to muddle through

# Somehow

# So have yourselves

# a merry little Christmas

now #

(APPLAUSE)

I have another very special friend.

Up on stage, raring to go. Ready to sing a song.

I called him to join us for this show and I said, "Jack, please!

And would you have a special song". Lo and behold,

he has a single and a new album out.

Nice timing Jack! Single is called winterling

and with the depth of his soul and the depth of his voice,

let's hear it for Jack Lukeman. (APPLAUSE)

# Cold old summer

# swallowed spring

# we wrap up in autumn

# till you're my winterling

# Winter bells they

# ring

# and all the snow fell

# We walk from the cave

# and follow the white prints

# Red robin on your grave

# Winter bells they

# ring

# You're my winterling # you're my winterling

# you're my winterling

# A call from the neighbours

# fresh ivy on the door

# sparkles on the table

# your ghost follows where we go

# Winter bells they

# ring

# You're my winterling # you're my winterling

# you're my winterling

# you're my winterling # you're my winterling

# you're my winterling

# you're my winterling # you're my winterling

# you're my winterling

# you're my winterling #

(APPLAUSE)

One side of the potato-pits was white with frost.

How wonderful that was, how wonderful!

And when we put our ears to the paling-post,

The music that came out was magical.

The light between the ricks of hay and straw

was a hole in Heaven's

An apple tree with its December-glinting fruit we saw.

O you, Eve,

were the world that tempted me

to eat the knowledge that grew in clay

and death the germ within it!

Now and then I can remember something

of the gay Garden that was childhood’s.

Again. The tracks of cattle to a drinking-place,

a green stone lying sideways in a ditch,

or any common sight, the transfigured face

of a beauty that the world did not touch.

My father played the melodion

outside at our gate;

there were stars in the morning east

and they danced to his music.

Across the wild bogs his melodion called

to Lennons and Callans.

As I pulled on my trousers in a hurry

I knew some strange thing had happened.

Outside in the cow-house my mother made the music of milking;

the light of her stable-lamp was a star

and the frost of Bethlehem made it twinkle.

Where stones throw from Grafton Street

Reglam road, The Canal Bank Walk

that Patrick Kavanagh wrote so beautifully about.

But his childhood hometown was never far from his heart.

Thank you very much to Sharon Core, for beautifully reciting

his Christmas poem, A Childhood Christmas.

I'd like to sing this song to you about digging deep.

During hard times sometimes you reach to the skies

but everything is at our feet.

# I'll listen to what you say

# I won't just throw love away

# If you talk from the truth

# I'll hear the gold in you

# Walking on sand's for fools

# cos when the wind blows it moves

# So darling let's dig deep

# there's diamonds beneath our feet

# Don't catch the moon for me

# Don't tame the raging sea

# Don't need to wish on stars

# We don't have to reach that far

# Everything's right where we are

# but sometimes it hurts

# to know what it's worth

# So we gotta dig deep

# to the diamonds beneath our feet

# The world is for us to take

# If every mistake we make

# binds us together strong

# turns into right our wrongs

# So say what you wanna say

# say it out loud

# Quietly we both know

# that a rose is a rose, is a rose

# Don't catch the moon for me

# Don't tame the raging sea

# Don't need to wish on stars

# We don't have to reach that far

# Everything's right where we are

# But sometimes it hurts

# to know what it's worth

# So we gotta dig deep

# to the diamonds beneath our feet

# Ooh

# Oh oh

# Oh

# Don't catch the moon for me

# Don't tame the raging sea

# Don't need to wish on stars

# We don't have to reach that far

# Everything's right where we are

# But sometimes it hurts

# to know what it's worth

# So we gotta dig deep

# to the diamonds beneath our feet #

(APPLAUSE)

Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to introduce you all to my dad,

Tony Clabby.

And he's going to recite for us his gorgeous poem,

Awakening. Instead of bedtime stories, dad read us

beautiful literature and poetry. He's a great poet so this is

one of his own. (APPLAUSE)

The Awakening

Racing, rushing,

running, pushing.

Hurrying, scurrying,

can’t stop worrying. My eyes are fixed,

my mind is set Things out there I must get

Pressures on, the sweat is dripping

Oh my God, where is the time slipping?

Bumped old lady pushing trolley

Excuse me, very very sorry

Must keep going, cant hang about

The things I want will be sold out

Crowds converging, is there room?

My head is spinning, my heart goes boom

Have not enough, I want lots more

Cant have less than those next door

Stepping swiftly past a gate

Saw bulging bundle just too late

Tripped and staggered then I fell

From the bundle came a yell

Up popped a scrawny face

Disturbed and sad, so out of place

So close to much So far from friend

and no warm touch.

There down beside him on the ground

I felt ashamed at what I found

For I had thought so much of me

The likes of him I did not see

I have so much I do not need

It must be shared, forgive my greed.

(APPLAUSE)

That was amazing, dad. He's brilliant, isn't he?

I didn't lick it off the stones now, did I?

Um, this next band, they're from

my hometown, my heart town.

The Liberties, inner city Dublin.

I discovered them only recently

and I was adamant and joyful that they said yes

to being on this show tonight. Remember,

you've heard them here first. Hawke The Band

with their song called Miracles.

# Does the future mean no happiness

# When the uphill road to him

# has come and gone

# Does he know if it will happen yet

# Is the work cut out for him # still to come

# Sometimes oh

# sometimes its getting hard to know

# I believe in miracles # They're just so plain to see

# and if you want forever too

# just think of you and me oh

# we're dancing in the streets # so young

# I've got no stress # we're oh so free oh

# Do just want the others # want them to

# walk that walk for me

# You can hold the light there # on your head

# and at the light house # you will see

# that you can build a house # from nothin

# from nothin # oh you see

# Yeah you see # You see

# that sometimes

# oh sometimes # it's getting hard to know

# I believe in miracles # They're just so plain to see

# and if you want forever too # you should speak of you and me

# oh dancin' in the streets so young

# I've got no stress # we're oh so free oh

# hey hey

# I believe in miracles # They're just so plain to see

# and if you want forever too # you should speak of you and me

# oh dancin' in the streets so young

# I've got no stress # we're oh so free oh

# oh dancin' in the streets so young

# we're so young #

(APPLAUSE)

You are in for some treat now.

You've heard them play earlier on and now,

Queeva and Seamus

are gonna sing for us This Light In Bethlehem.

In the traditional style of the west of Ireland

so just brace yourself.

This is going to be gorgeous.

(THEY SING IN TRADITIONAL IRISH LANGUAGE)

(APPLAUSE)

Glen the spirit tonight,

the busking, Christmas spirit,

the spirit has risen. It's rising.

But you and your support of this busk and the Simon Community,

I know you've spoken about it before but just give us a sprinkling more.

Well I used to volunteer at Simon when I was 16.

Uh, 15 actually. I lied about my age.

And I'd go into North Buckingham street and work the late shift

with my friend Jimmy.

And I was always drawn.

Again, it's probably because I'd experienced a little bit

in my own life. But I was always drawn to the ones at the edge...

of life. The ones who were kind of... kind of free of the...

you know, almost kind of free of everything.

And the downside of that is that you have nowhere to go.

If you stand still long enough on any street in the world,

in any major city, on any major shopping street in any major city,

everyone in that country will pass you by at one point.

And Grafton street kind of had that thing, you stood there long enough

and everyone went by. People who were visiting Ireland,

people who were living in Ireland. The whole country came by.

And at Christmas it's almost like that's on steroids because

everyone's rushing to get their last bit of shopping in.

And everyone's up on the big city to buy their shopping.

So you get to meet a lot of people. I got to know the shop lifters,

I got to know the pick pockets, I got to know the ladies

who worked the hotels, I got to know the drug squad.

And it was just because I was always watching people passing.

Your sense, your radar goes up. You tune into things that

you never thought you would. So, uh.

# Hanging out with the street people

they've got it down #

It was that kind of thing, you were part of the street-Community.

And the flower sellers, they'd look out for you and

the Hari Krishnas and watch me sweets there at the Hari Krishna

and we'd mind their books. People would bring their prams

and we'd mind their kids while they went into the shops.

So we're standing there with our guitars and some woman has left

her two kids in a pram and we were just minding them.

(LAUGHS) It was wonderful.

Cos you're the solid. You're the thing that's actually

stuck on the street. You're the thing that people can depend on

for a moment.Magic. Magical times, yeah.

One of my favourite songs of yours is Bird of Sorrow.

Which I believe we're going to... Yeah.

Sing together, which I'm so thrilled about.Ah, thank you.

I hope I'll do it justice, it's one of my favourite songs of all time.

Thanks, Imelda.It seems fitting to like-Let's give it a go.

Brings a new meaning every time I hear it.Yeah, yeah.

Thanks for having us, what a magic you make.

Ah God, it's a magical night. We're really lucky.

(APPLAUSE)

# Even if a day feels too long

# if you feel like you can't wait # another one

# And you're slowly giving up

# on everything

# love is gonna find you again

# Love is gonna find you

# just be ready then

# You've been kneeling in the dark

# for far too long

# You've been waiting # for that spark

# but it hasn't come.

# Well I'm calling to you please,

# get off the floor

# Love is gonna find you

# Love is gonna find you

# just be ready then

BOTH: # Tethered to a bird of sorrow

# a voice that's buried # in the hollow

# You've given over to self-deceiving

# you're prostrate bowed # but not believing

# You've squandered more # than you can borrow

# You've bet your joys # on all tomorrows

# for the hope of some returning

# While everything around you # is burnin'

# Come on, we gotta get out

# get out of this mess we made

# And still for all the talking

# did we ever say it straght

# Will we leave this up to chance # like we do everything

# Love is gonna find us again

# Love is gonna find us

# we better be ready then

# Tethered to a bird of sorrow

# a voice that's buried # in the hollow

# You've given over # to self-deceiving

# you're prostrate bowed # but not believing

# You've squandered more # than you could borrow

# And you bet your joys # on all tomorrows

# for the hope of some returning

# While everything around you's # burning

# Well I'm not leaving you here

# I'm not leaving you here # I'm not leaving

# I'm not leaving you here

# I'm not leaving

# I'm not leaving

# Oh I'm not leaving

# I'm not leaving you

# I'm not leaving you

# Hang on # hang on

# hang on, hang on # hang on

# hang on # hang on, hang on

# hang on # hang on, hang on

# hang on # hang on, hang on

# hang on # hang on, hang on.

# To what's gonna come

# what's gonna come

# Hang on

# We know, love is gonna # find us again

# Hanging on, with the faithful

# with the faithful

# I'm not leaving you # With the faithful

# With the faithful

(APPLAUSE)

Thank you.

I would like to say

a huge thank you. I want to thank

the people that are home that are watching. And I hope

that you get to feel the spirit

that rose up on us tonight.

And I hope that it brings you

more, you know, I hope it nourishes you.

And I hope you enter into this Christmas

with a warmer and bigger heart than you did before you watched this.

And that's all we can hope for. So here's to love and thank you.

# I heard there was a secret chord

# that David played to the Lord

# but you don't really care # for music

# do ya

# Well it goes like this, # the fourth, the fifth

# the minor fall and the major lift

# from the baffled king came # hallelujah

ALL: # Hallelujah

# Hallelujah

# Hallelujah

# Hallelujah

# Your faith was strong # but you needed proof

# You saw her bathing on the roof

# her beauty and the moonlight

# overthrew you

# She tied you to her kitchen chair

# She broke your throne # and she cut your hair

# And from your lips she drew the # hallelujah

# Hallelujah

# Hallelujah

# Hallelujah

# Hallelujah.

# There was a time # when you'd let me know

# what's really going on below

# but now you never show it to me

# do ya

# but I remember when I moved in you

# And the holy dove # she was moving too

# and every breath we drew a # Hallelujah

# Hallelujah

# Hallelujah

# Hallelujah

# Hallelujah

# I did my best, it wasn't much

# I couldn't feel # so I tried to touch

# I've told the truth, # I didn't come here to fool you

# And even though it all went wrong

# I'll stand right here before # the Lord of Song

# With nothing on my tongue but # Hallelujah

# Hallelujah

# Hallelujah

# Hallelujah

# Hallelujah

# Maybe there's a God above

# all I've ever learned from love

# Is how to shoot somebody # who outdrew you

# And it's not a cry # that you hear at night

# It's not someone # who's seen the light

# It's a cold and it's a broken # hallelujah

# Hallelujah

# Hallelujah

# Hallelujah

# Hallelujah

# Hallelujah

# Hallelujah

# Hallelujah

# Hallelujah

# Hallelujah #

(APPLAUSE)

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