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Come By The Hills Written by Tommy Makem, a celebrated Irish singer-songwriter from Northern Ireland who achieved fame playing with the Clancy Brothers, the group that really introduced Irish folk music to America, in the sixties, when a fellow named Kennedy was President. Máire Cogan plays uilleann pipes. [Uilleann means "elbow" in Irish and it's both elbows that work the airbags on both sides of the pipes. One elbow forces air from a larger airbag into a second smaller and more easily controlled airbag worked by the other elbow. The second airbag routes air past a chanter that features air holes in the configuration of a tin whistle's. There is no mouthpiece. All the air is provided by deft working of the elbows, and the notes by deft working the chanter].

Come by the hills to the land where fancy is free, And stand where the peaks meet the sky and the loughs meet the sea Where the rivers run free, and the bracken is gold in the sun And the cares of tomorrow must wait 'til this day is done. Come by the hills to the land where life is a song And sing where the birds fill the air with their joy all day long Where the trees sway in time, and even the wind sings in tune And the cares of tomorrow must wait 'til this day is done. Come by the hills to the land where legends remain Where the glories of old fill the heart and may yet come again Where the past has been lost, and the future is still to be won And the cares of tomorrow must wait until this day is done. bracken: a yellow flowering shrub found in N. Ireland.

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