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From: Susan Bellomo <>
Subject: Re: McDonalds
Date: Sat, 24 Jan 1998 07:11:26 -0800

It's an excellent CD and comes with extensive historical liner notes. I
bought the second CD by Steve McDonald as a Christmas gift for my son (Ian
Craig!). It's called "Stone of Destiny" and is also excellent.

The liner notes give a history of the Clan Donald, and the music is
powerful. Some is traditional, some composed by Steve McDonald. I recommend
it!

Best,
Susan

At 10:48 PM 1/23/98 -0800, linda Merle wrote:
>Anyone else know the CD (or the musician) Steve McDonald's Sons of
>Somerled? Great music. This is one of the songs:
>
>Through an age of fighting men
>When sword was mightier than pen
>There lived a clansman bold and true
>The very one our name came through
>
>Born of blood line dating from
>The hundred battles warrier Conn
>Gaelic viking in his veins
>Testify his battle fame
>
>For three hundred and fifty years
>The western highlands lived in fear
>Fighting to regain the Isles
>Down to Islay and Argyle
>
>>From the Dalraidian line
>Through the centuries there we find
>A Scotsman born with Viking name
>Born to rule through love and pain
>
>Hail to ye sons of Somerled!
>Hail to ye sons of Somerled!
>
>Ruling from the Isle of Man
>Islay was the place they'd
>...make their stand
>After almost twenty years
>He rid the Isles of Norsemen
>...then and there
>
>Through the timeless history
>Fighting for their destiny
>Images fly through my head.
>Images of Somerled.
>
>The warrier kings lived by the sword
>>From hill to loch and dark fjord
>Battling 'till his life he shed
>Leaving the throne
>To the sons of Somerled.
>
>
>
Susan Stockbridge Bellomo
San Jose, CA

http://ng.netgate.net/~bellomo

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