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James Olin Oden​/​Traditional - The Smile She Left Me​/​Katherine​’​s Fancy​/​Ard An Bothair​/​Bimid Ag Ol (Marche​’​s and Jigs in 6​/​8)

from Samhain's March: A Winter Journey by James Olin Oden

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The first tune, The Smile She Left Me, was inspired by the feeling a man has after a woman kisses him only so briefly leaving him with pleasant and somewhat fiery feelings. Katherine’s Fancy is a tune I wrote few springs ago. I originally called it Beltaine’s Flower but when Allen Baker first heard it, he said I should call it Katherine’s Fancy and so I did (Katherine is my beloved wife). The next tune Ard An Bothair, Irish for the High Part of the Road, is a tune I picked up from Tommy People’s album of the same name. Finally, the last tune, Bimid Ag Ol, is actually an old Gaelic drinking song which means “We be drinking”. I first heard Jerry Bourke sing it on the compilation “The Very Best of the Original Legendary Irish Folk Festivals”. I figured out the melody on the whistle and have been playing it ever since.

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from Samhain's March: A Winter Journey, track released May 20, 2011
Chieftain High D Whistle, Classical Guitar, Bodhran, Bones - James Olin Oden

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James Olin Oden Raleigh, North Carolina

It's always been about what moves the heart. The songs I sing are compelling stories whose telling must be told over and over again. The stories range from dark acts that should not be forgotten to the silly revelries that we should never forsake. My hope is that as my heart is moved by the music so too may yours be moved.

Sláinte Mhór...James

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