Mary Black - Leaving the Land

In this album, Mary Black sings more contemporary ballads and songs with thoughtful insights into the modern problems as opposed to traditional Celtic music. This lovely song is just one example of such. It is from her "By The Time It Gets Dark" album released in cd form in the USA in 1994. She shows why she is a world talent! Enjoy!

[@norlinth1378]

reminds me when me and my family left the house we used to live in, now it's just a sad empty house 250 kilometers away filled with some remnants of the happy days we once had...I miss the place but we can't come back to that place anymore

[@MyMoppet52]

It is sad when that happens. We moved around so much, I don't feel like I have a home...a building. Guess we just have to keep onto the memories we have. So glad you found this and hope it helps in a 'good way'. Thanks for listening and taking the time to leave a comment. It is appreciated, Moppet

[@norlinth1378]

MyMoppet52 yeah, this moving from one location to the other makes me feel like a vagrant. It's like a piece of me is left whenever we move. Glad you posted this song :)

[@MyMoppet52]

Nor Linth
Glad to meet you. Thanks.

[@tubemagpie]

@@MyMoppet52 My mother lived in over 30 houses(homes?) in 26 years of marriage. Imagine what that did to my sister and I (and I was at a state run boarding school). People wonder why, at 72, we still live in the first house that my wife and I bought back in '74. We fel that we "should" sell up and help our youngest make a home with is wife... but....

[@stephenhosking7384]

I well remember Mary singing this in Canberra, Australia, in 1988. Funny how great moments like that stick in the memory. Mary was still an up-and-coming act and supporting the Chieftains.

[@MyMoppet52]

@ShowjumpingBabyy I'm so glad you enjoyed this song and glad you found it. I have so much Mary Black but much is already on utube & I try not to duplicate. Thanks so much for letting me know you liked this. I like to get comments & enjoy reading them. My best to you, Moppet

[@ShowjumpingBabyy]

i've been looking for this song for months, i love it so much!

[@Retroscoop]

Deliciously melancholic