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August 2013 - Yarmouth NS

Mercury Blues

Alan Jackson - Mercury Blues

Memories

September 24 2026

My Dad and My Mom

Today would have been my parents' 75th wedding anniversary!

Taken in Dublin Ireland

1948 - Dublin 

The last photos of them together back in Dublin in 1989 at the same church they married in for a Dad's sister's daughter's (his niece) wedding. Mom and Dad are on the far right. Tommy third from the left, his was to the right of Dad in their wedding photos in 1951. Another brother, Hughie atop the carriage. 

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May 2019 - Paris France

Ella Fitzgerald - I Love Paris

Every time I look down on this timeless town

Whether blue or gray be her skies

Whether loud be her cheers

Or whether soft be her tears

More and more do I realize that...

I love Paris in the spring time

I love Paris in the fall

I love Paris in the winter when it drizzles

I love Paris in the summer when it sizzles

I love Paris every moment

Every moment of the year

I love Paris, why oh why do I love Paris

Because my love is near

I love Paris in the spring time

I love Paris in the fall

I love Paris in the winter when it drizzles

I love Paris in the summer when it sizzles

I love Paris every moment

Every moment of the year

I love Paris, why oh why do I love Paris

Because my love is near

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Big Yellow Taxi - Joni Mitchell

They paved paradise and put up a parking lot

With a pink hotel, a boutique, and a swingin' hot spot

January 2017 - Las Vegas NV

 February 2013 - Las Vegas NV

Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you got 'til it's gone
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot

December 2013 - Fort Myers Florida

They took all the trees, and put em in a tree museum
And they charged the people a dollar and a half to see them

Sudbury ON

No, no, no
Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you got 'til it's gone
They paved paradise, and put up a parking lot

Toronto ON

Hey farmer, farmer, put away your DDT
I don't care about spots on my apples,
Leave me the birds and the bees
Please
Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you got 'til it's gone
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
Hey now, they paved paradise to put up a parking lot
Why not?

November 2013 - South Carolina

Listen, late last night, I heard the screen door slam
And a big yellow taxi took my girl away

November 2013 - South Carolina

Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you got 'til it's gone
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot

 January 2017 - Las Vegas NV

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December 2014 - Las Vegas NV

Song is from A Star is Born (latest) which I thought was quite boring.

Bradley Cooper - Alibi

Don't ask me 'bout tomorrow
Or tell me about my past

My heart is yours to borrow

Ain't nothing meant to last

I ain't lyin'

I don't lie
Without an alibi

Don't ask too many questions

You don't want answers to

You don't like my direction

Hell, I won't follow you

I ain't lyin'

I don't lie
Without an alibi

I told my dyin' daddy
That I had to run away
Looked him in the eyes
Said, "there ain't no other way"
So woman, if I tell you that I love you, be ok

'Cause I ain't lyin'
I don't lie
Without an alibi

I love you in the morning
And when the day is done
But if you want my freedom
You know I'm bound to run

I ain't lyin'
I don't lie
Without an alibi

'Cause I ain't lyin'
I don't lie
Without an alibi

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August 2026 - St. John's NL click link

We found this at The Rooms in St. John's NL in August 2026. That post also includes a link to his memorial on the Irish Loop.

Ron Hynes (1950–2015) is widely regarded as one of Newfoundland and Labrador's greatest folk singer-songwriters, affectionately known as the "Man of a Thousand Songs". The link above will give you more info on this Canadian icon.

Get Back Change

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August 2026 - St. John's Newfoundland and Labrador

I thought this would be appropriate as we had taken an "Excursion Around the Bay" last Friday when we were in St. John's NL and still are!!

Also I had posted another Alan Doyle song a few weeks ago.

Excursion Around the Bay - Great Big Sea

Well, it was on this Monday morning

And the day be calm and fine
To the Harbour Grace excursion
With the boys to have a time
And just before the sailor
Took the gangway from the pier
I saw some fella haul me wife
Aboard as a volunteer

Oh me, oh my, I heard me old wife cry
Oh me, oh my, I think I'm gonna die
Oh me, oh my, I heard me old wife say
"I wish I'd never taken this excursion around the bay"

We had full three hundred souls aboard
Oh what a splendid sight
Dressed all in regimental
To make our spirits bright

And meself being in the double
When a funny things they'd say
They choke themselves from laughing
When they'd see us in the bay

Oh me, oh my, I heard me old wife cry
Oh me, oh my, I think I'm gonna die
Oh me, oh my, I heard me old wife say
"I wish I'd never taken this excursion around the bay"

My wife she got no better
She turned a sickly green
I fed her cake and candy
Fat pork and kerosene

Castor oil and sugar of candy
I rubbed pure oil on her face
And I said she'll be a dandy
When we reaches Harbour Grace

Oh me, oh my, I heard me old wife cry
Oh me, oh my, I think I'm gonna die
Oh me, oh my, I heard me old wife say
"I wish I'd never taken this excursion around the bay"

My wife she got no better
My wife me darling dear
The screeches from her trolley
You could hear in Carbonear

I tried every place in Harbour Grace
Tried every store and shop
To get her something for a cure
Or take her to the hop

Oh me, oh my, I heard me old wife cry
Oh me, oh my, I think I'm gonna die
Oh me, oh my, I heard me old wife say
"I wish I'd never taken this excursion around the bay"

She died below the brandies
As we were comin' back
We buried her in the ocean
Wrapped up in a Union Jack

So now I am a single man
In search of a pretty face
And the woman that says she'll have me
I'm off for Harbour Grace

Oh me, oh my, I heard me old wife cry
Oh me, oh my, I think I'm gonna die
Oh me, oh my, I heard me old wife say
"I wish I'd never taken this excursion around the bay"

Hey!

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August 16 - my Dad's birthday

Dublin Ireland



On the right



























With his parents and in-laws on their wedding day.



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Baie Comeau QC Canada



Montreal QC
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Ottawa ON with his mother, Nanny Mac



Lakes of Killarney Ireland 1970




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Our wedding with Grandfather Swift




His favourite song Too Young











Siblings at an Irish wedding 1989 - Tommy, Leila, Hugh, Dad