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Ringsend Balcony Bingo

from Anywhere But Home by Eamonn Flynn

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    'Anywhere But Home,' the new album from singer-songwriter and keyboardist Eamonn Flynn (The Commitments soundtrack, Michael Franti & Spearhead, Evelyn 'Champagne' King, Elvin Bishop, Maria Muldaur) is a love letter to his native Dublin. He wrote the nine songs in San Francisco during the early days of the pandemic when travel back to Ireland was impossible. Joining Eamonn on the album are Irish traditional musicians John Doyle, Mike McGoldrick, Mick McAuley, Athena Tergis, Todd Denman, James Macintosh, James Blennerhassett and Brian Collier.

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In the early days of the pandemic, we watched videos of people in Italy singing songs to one another from the balconies of their apartments. Then came the Dublin version: playing bingo on the balconies of the flats in Ringsend. You'll never keep the Dubs down.

The lyrics of the chorus refer to bingo calls: two fat ladies for 88, legs 11, garden gate for number 8 (rhyming slang) etc...

From the forthcoming album 'Anywhere But Home'.

lyrics

In Liguria they sing from the balconies
Arias that set the spirit free
Stars that tremble with love and hope
And melodies so sweet they'd scandalize the Pope
Down in Canon Mooney Garden flats
With white suits and gloves and N95 masks
They're calling numbers through an old P.A.
In the bitter Ringsend cold
on a dreary Dublin day

They say: Two fat ladies 88
Lucky 7, red raw and garden gate
Legs 11 and goodbye teens
Doctors orders, one dozen, dancing queen
When you have nowhere to go
Play some Ringsend Balcony Bingo

Cross over the Samuel Beckett Bridge
Down Sir John Rogerson's quay to Pembroke Cottages
Past St. Patricks and down by Fluffy Mutts
Where the sound of bingo calls stops them all from going nuts
Mrs. Duggan with her hair so blue
And a pit bull/ whippet mix that looks like a kangaroo
And the kids going spare from being stuck inside
And the swings on the South Lotts playground, motionless and quiet

Two fat ladies etc...

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from Anywhere But Home, track released November 18, 2021
Vocals and piano: Eamonn Flynn
Fiddle: Athena Tergis
Backing Vocals: John Doyle

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Eamonn Flynn San Francisco, California

Dublin, Ireland born keyboardist, singer and songwriter Eamonn Flynn was the session keyboardist on the 14 million selling movie soundtrack The Commitments. Now based in San Francisco, Eamonn has gone on to record and tour with Michael Franti and Spearhead, Evelyn 'Champagne' King, Elvin Bishop, Maria Muldaur, Zigaboo Modeliste and many more, and has released two solo albums of his own songs. ... more

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