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READER FEEDBACK...
A reader asks...
Q. "Where can I get lyrics to my favorite songs?"
A. Try www.lyricsearch.com/
Look what I found there for St. Patrick's Day...
Danny Boy
Ah Danny boy, the pipes,
the pipes are calling
From glen to glen,
and down the mountain side
The summer's gone,
and all the flowers are falling
'Tis you, 'tis you
must go and I must bide
But come ye back
when summer's in the meadow
Or when the valley's hushed
and white with snow
And I'll be here
in sunshine or in shadow
Oh Danny boy, oh Danny boy,
I love you so
But if you come,
and all the flowers are falling
And I am dead,
as dead I may well be
You'll come and find
the place where I am lying
And kneel and say
an "Ave" there for me
And I will hear,
though soft your tread above me
And o'er my grave
will warmer sweeter be
And you will bend
and tell me that you love me
And I will sleep
in peace until you come to me
But if I live
and should you die for Ireland
Let not your dying thoughts
be just of me
But say a prayer to God
for our dearest Island
I know He'll hear
and help to set her free
And I will take your pike
and place my dearest
And strike a blow,
though weak the blow may be
Twill help the cause
to which your heart was nearest
Oh Danny Boy, Oh, Danny boy
I love you so.
St. Patrick
The person who was to become St. Patrick, the
patron saint of Ireland, was born in Wales about AD 385. His given name was
Maewyn, and he almost didn't get the job of bishop of Ireland because he lacked the
required scholarship.
Far from being a saint, until he was 16, he considered himself a pagan. At
that age, he was sold into slavery by a group of Irish marauders that raided his
village. During his captivity, he became closer to God.
He escaped from slavery after six years and went to Gaul where he studied in
the monastery under St. Germain, bishop of Auxerre for a period of twelve years. During his training he became aware that his
calling was to convert the pagans to Christianity.
His wishes were to return to Ireland, to convert the pagans that had overrun
the country. But his superiors instead appointed St. Palladius. But two years later, Palladius transferred to Scotland. Patrick, having
adopted that Christian name earlier, was then appointed as second bishop to Ireland.
Patrick was quite successful at winning converts. And this fact upset the
Celtic Druids. Patrick was arrested several times, but escaped each time. He traveled
throughout Ireland, establishing monasteries across the country. He also set up schools and churches which would aid him in his
conversion of the Irish country to Christianity.
His mission in Ireland lasted for thirty years. After that time, Patrick retired
to County Down. He died on March 17 in AD 461. That day has been commemorated as St. Patrick's Day ever since.
Much Irish folklore surrounds St. Patrick's Day. Not much of it is actually
substantiated.
Some of this lore includes the belief that Patrick raised people from the
dead. He also is said to have given a sermon from a hilltop that drove all the snakes
from Ireland. Though originally a Catholic holy day, St. Patrick's Day has evolved into more of a secular holiday.
One traditional icon of the day is the shamrock. And this stems from a more
bona fide Irish tale that tells how Patrick used the three-leafed shamrock to explain the Trinity. He used it in his sermons to represent
how the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit could all exist as separate elements of the same entity.
His followers adopted the custom of wearing a shamrock on his feast day.
The St. Patrick's Day custom came to America in 1737. That was the first
year St. Patrick's Day was publicly celebrated in this country, in Boston.
ON THE LIGHTER SIDE...
Two Irishmen met in a pub and discussed the illness of a third. "Poor Micheal Hogan! Faith, I'm afraid he's goin' to die." "Shure, an' why would he be dyin'?" asked the other. "Ah, he's gotten so thin. You're thin enough, and I'm thin -- but by my soul, Micheal Hogan is thinner than both of us put together."
And one more for the road...
Paddy was riding along the road one fine day when the local policeman, a friend of his, pulled him over. "What's wrong, Seamus?" Paddy asked. "Well didn't ya know, Paddy, that your wife fell out of the car about five miles back?" said Seamus. "Ah, praise the Almighty!" Paddy replied with relief. "I thought I'd gone deaf!"
WEEKLY IN DEPTH...
Note: this computer info will remain here for the entire week.
Stealing Pics and Songs
Although I have outlined the procedure for "stealing" any of the graphic or midi song files that exist at the ComputerGuyNY site (or any other site, for that matter), it's worth repeating here in our Weekly In Depth column.
To save any graphic or song to your hard drive just follow these steps:
1. RIGHT-CLICK (the right mouse button) on the picture or on the song link
2. From the resulting menu, choose "save image as" or (for the songs) "save link as"
3. In the resulting window, take note of where (folder name) the pic/song will be saved and take note of the name of the pic/song
4. Click on the SAVE button
5. Anytime you want to see/hear what you saved, go to the folder to which you saved it and double click on the file name
6. If you forget where you saved it, you can find it with the Window's FIND feature. Go to START >> FIND >> FILES OR FOLDERS and type in any part of the filename and click on FIND (or hit the enter key on your keyboard)
HINT: Create a folder on you desktop called PICS and another called SONGS and save (or copy) your pics and songs to the appropriate folder. It'll be very easy to find them when you want them.
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