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| This is a love song written for my ex-fiancee as an apology. It tell the distances we will go for love. |
MP3.com CD: Soul of a Harper -  buy it!
CD: Soul of a Harper
Label: Mage Records
Credits: words and music by Marc Gunn; Marc Gunn, autoharp & vocals |
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| An almost cartoonish song also known as "The Sick Note" about a guy who had a really, really bad day and can't make it to work. (No really bad!) |
MP3.com CD: Soul of a Harper - buy it!
CD: Soul of a Harper
Label: Mage Records
Credits: words by Pat Cooksey; music traditional |
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MP3.com CD: Soul of a Harper - buy it!
CD: Soul of a Harper
Label: Mage Records
Credits: music by Marc Gunn |
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| Robert Burns wrote some of the most beautiful love songs. And this is just one example of his mastery. Sung a capella, this song will be on the Brobdingnagian Bards upcoming CD, "Songs of Scotland" due out in the Spring. |
MP3.com CD: Soul of a Harper - buy it!
Label: Mage Records
Credits: words and music by Robert Burns |
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| This is one fantastic Irish Folk song about a man who puts on one rollicking party when his Dad dies. It turns into a free-for-all. |
MP3.com CD: Soul of a Harper - buy it!
Label: Mage Records
Credits: Traditional |
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| This song was written by Dominic Behan, brother of Brendan. It tells the story of Fergal O'Hanlon from Ballybay, Co Monaghan, who tried to abolish the border between the Six Counties and the Republic. He was killed during the Brookborough attack at the age of 17. The song has become world famous. It is undoubtedly one of the best ballads ever to come out of the Irish struggles. |
MP3.com CD: Soul of a Harper - buy it!
CD: Soul of a Harper
Label: Mage Records
Credits: words Dominic Behan, music traditional |
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| I wrote this at the end of January 2003. Unfortunately, it was too late to add to our upcoming Tolkien CD, "Memories of Middle Earth", but it makes me smile. Here's why: One of the peculiar things I noticed reading Lord of the Rings was that every time Frodo and company met another race, they seemed to be the OLDEST. It started to get funny after a while. So I wrote this as a sorta bragging song of the races of Middle Earth. Originally I called it "Never Give Up the Mountain", but I wanted a name that was more indicative of what it was about. |
MP3.com CD: Soul of a Harper - buy it!
CD: Soul of a Harper
Label: Mage Records
Credits: music and lyrics by Marc Gunn |
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| I wrote this song in 2001 while driving to DFW for a gig. It was originally written as a happy birthday song for me, but I think it's more appropriately a happy birthday song for anyone of Celtic descent. |
MP3.com CD: Soul of a Harper - buy it!
CD: Soul of a Harper
Label: Mage Records
Credits: words and music by Marc Gunn |
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| This poem was partially inspired by the movie, Before Sunrise, but is more about the pain one feels through the night as they wonder about the decisions made in past relationships. |
Label: Mage Records
Credits: words and music by Marc Gunn; Lorella Loftus & Marc Gunn, vocals |
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| Another wonderful year performing at Excalibur Fantasy Faire came to an end and left me wishing for more. |
Label: Mage Records
Credits: words and music by Marc Gunn; Lorella Loftus, vocals; Marc Gunn, autoharp |
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| A love poem trying to convince my love from leaving me by telling how much more I loved her over all my other joys in life. |
Label: Mage Records
Credits: words and music by Marc Gunn; Lorella Loftus, vocals; Marc Gunn, autoharp |
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| A rousing traditional Scottish song about the Battle of Killiecrankie in 1689. The first three verses and chorus were written by Robert Burns in 1789. Download this song from http://wwmp3.com/CelticMP3s |
MP3.com CD: Soul of a Harper - buy it!
Label: Mage
Credits: Marc Gunn-autoharp & vocals |
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| The Leprechaun is a symbol of old-style thinking of Celtic music. People who are too narrow-minded in their ways to experience a musical renaissance of Celtic music. And though they may belittle it, the renaissance will eventually prevail. On a more frontal glimpse, it's just a fun, silly little ditty that's bound to make ye smile. |
MP3.com CD: Soul of a Harper - buy it!
CD: Soul of a Harper
Label: Mage Records
Credits: words and music by Marc Gunn; Instruments-Autoharp |
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| Okay, I'm sucker for kids songs. This is the first in a long line you can expect. |
Label: Mage Records
Credits: Traditional |
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| My dad used to sing this song when I was kid. Short, sweet and extremely funny! |
Label: Mage Records
Credits: Traditional |
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| There are literally hundreds of verses of this song in existence. My dad had his own version. So a few years ago, after much prodding, I was able to talk him into writing down his lyrics. Seems much shorter than I remember. |
CD: Soul of a Harper
Label: Mage Records
Credits: words by Bruce Gunn (based on traditional music); music Traditional; Instruments-Autoharp |
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| A musical fairy tale about a princess who is captured by a dragon, but saves herself from the arrogant knight. Song idea based on the children's book "The Paperbag Priness". |
Label: Mage Records
Credits: Marc Gunn-Autoharp & Vocals |
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| I recorded this song in the studio for my second CD, a four-song EP called "October Sessions". It features a great autoharp rhythm strum that I adapted from an autoharp instructional book. It is contemplative song of Christian values. |
CD: October Sessions (1998)
Label: Mage Records
Credits: words and music by Marc Gunn; Instruments-Autoharp |
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| On "Marked By Great Size", my first album with the Brobdingnagian Bards, I recorded this with an Irish-y accent and tried to pass it as semi-traditional, but honestly, this song is totally an original folk song I wrote on my autoharp, and one of my most popular songs to play. It has nothing to do with Ireland either. It actually was written as a love song that reminds me of Hawaii and even the rhythmic strum pattern was highly inspired by the Hawaiian bands Olomana and Sons of Ni'ihau. |
CD: October Sessions (1997)
Label: Mage Records
Credits: words and music by Marc Gunn; Instruments-Autoharp |
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| A moment in Tuscany when amongst a beautiful olive grove with the woman you love. I love Italy, and this small little village in the countryside of Italy will forever hold fond memories for me. |
CD: Mountain Rain (2001)
Label: Mage Records
Credits: music by Marc Gunn; Instruments-Autoharp |
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| Sometimes three words are all it takes to make you feel special. |
CD: October Session (1997)
Label: Mage Records
Credits: words and music by Marc Gunn; Instrumentals Autoharp |
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| I have a strange attraction to the somber and depressing, but my love of "Wierd Al" Yankovich, kinda left me with a different feeling. This song takes the point of Sesame Street's muppet, Ernie. All alone, he looks into a mirror and sees Harry the monster, and gets really depressed. It has a very child-like sound to the recording. But the Ernie imitation makes it kinda amusing and popular among friends. |
CD: Ichabod's Geography (1997)
Label: Mage Records
Credits: words and music by Marc Gunn; Instruments-Autoharp, Synthesizer |
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| Braveheart meets Alternative Middle Eastern Folk music. This song is a wonderful fusion of Celtic sound and Middle Eastern rhythms performed on my autoharp and Andrew's Recorder. It's an instrumental song, and despite the name, it is NOT a jig. But it is beautifully performed and is often featured on MP3.com |
CD: Ichabod's Geography (1997)
Label: Mage Records
Credits: music by Marc Gunn; Instruments-Autoharp; Andrew McKee-Recorder |
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| "Dying Flame" is a political lament at the state of modern country music. I wrote and recorded this song for my first album, "Ichabod's Geography". It has a wonderful folk feel to it that is more reminiscent of "The Streets of Laredo" than a Country song, but I think of it as being sort of country-ish. There are also a great references to "Rhinestone Cowboy" and also a very cool reference to my Uncle. Go to "Story Behind the song" for more information. |
CD: Ichabod's Geography (1997)
Label: Mage Records
Credits: words and music by Marc Gunn; Instruments-Autoharp |
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| On June 23rd each year a major horse fair takes place at Spancil Hill, a cross-roads four miles from Ennis. In the song the emigrant dreams of the spot and the happy memories it holds for him.
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Label: Mage Records
Credits: Marc Gunn-Autoharp |
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| A recent Scottish love song I learned. It is wonderfully pathetic. The recording again is fairly poor though. |
Label: Mage Records
Credits: words and music Traditional; Marc Gunn-Autoharp |
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| Rockin' comical song about the beloved Candy by my first band Skander. This song had *hit* written all over it. |
CD: Intent On World Domination
Label: Mage Records
Credits: words by James Rimmer; music by James Rimmer & Marc Gunn |
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