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Charlies (On A Cold Cork Christmas Eve)

from Charlies (On A Cold Cork Christmas Eve) by Hank Wedel and Ray Barron

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    Hank Wedel and Ray Barron
    reflecting their much loved residency
    at Charlies Bar, Cork City since 1994
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Hank Wedel and Ray Barron
have been holding down a Monday night residency at
Charlie's Bar on Union Quay in Cork City
since 1994...
They've also played there every Christmas Eve Night
for about the same amount of time...
This song, written by Hank Wedel-Brian Carroll-Coral O'Sullivan
is a celebration of all that time,
those crazy nights inside old Charlie's door and
the good friends that surround with the gentle sound of
Sweet Harmony in Tune

lyrics

Oh, I wish I were in Charlies
on a Cold Cork Christmas Eve
Eamonn, Dave and Majella
Sure, I ‘d have no wish to leave
Good Friends surround the gentle sound
Sweet Harmony in tune
And in my heart
The one I love still sleeps beneath The Moon

Craig and Tom write postcards
Ask that man called Tex
“Is it going to snow?
Do you know
what the band are playing next?”
I love the festive lights
On Oliver Plunkett Street
As I hustle my way from the Sin e
My love and I to meet

Crossing Parnell Place and Bridge
From The Ashes of the Phoenix rise
To the warming glow in Charlies Stove
Keeping me alive
Good Friends surround the gentle sound
Sweet Harmony in tune
And in my heart
The one I love still sleeps beneath The Moon

Oh, I wish I were in Charlies!
On a Cold Cork Christmas Eve!
Instrumental Break

So remember me to Charlies
For I’ll go there nevermore
No more those carefree, crazy nights
Inside old Charlies door
So raise your glass and sing your song
To the heart that yearns for thee
Your charm
Your grace
Your warm embrace
Sweet Charlies
By The Lee

Oh, I wish I were in Charlies!

Written by Hank Wedel-Brian Carrol-Coral O'Sullivan
registered with IMRO

credits

from Charlies (On A Cold Cork Christmas Eve), track released November 29, 2019
Personnel on all tracks
Hank Wedel- Lead vocals, Acoustic Guitars
Ray Barron – Mandolin, Bazouki, Dobro
Robbie Barron – Bass, Acoustic/Electric Guitar, percussion

Additional personnel
Geraldine Barron – Concertina 1, 4
Coral O’Sullivan – Oboe, Vocal 1
Boo Reiners – Dulcimer, Banjo 1
Dave Murphy - Pedal Steel Guitar 1
Tom Clark – Autoharp, Sleigh Bells 1
Craig Chesler - Ukelele 1
Mary Greene - Vocals 2, 3
Brian Carroll – Vocals 3, Congas 2
Eamonn Flannery – Vocals 3
Rory McCarthy - Keyboards 4
The Good Friends Surround Vocal Choir NYC -
Craig Chesler, Caroline ni Uilcin, Tom Clark
Oisin Wedel – Dow’tcha Ked! 1
Recorded, Mixed and Produced in Cork City
by Robbie Barron
Additional recording for track 1 in NYC
by Tom Clark and Boo Reiners
Additional recording for track 1 in Cork
By David “Steely Dave” Murphy
Additional recording on track 1 and 4 Ray Barron
Recording Mastering by Arran Mac Gabhann
Front cover: Garry McCarthy, GMCBeats, Cork City
Back cover: Tony Bennett
In Memoriam: Brian Nelligan

Many thanks to Eamonn, Dave and Majella
Siobhan, Megan, Izzy, John, The Bradley Family
and ALL the staff EVER at Charlie’s
over the decades....

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Hank Wedel Cork, Ireland

Born Dayton, Ohio, USA 1963
Raised in NYC and Mallow
Co. Cork, Ireland
Based Cork City, Ireland
Guitarist, vocalist songwriter,
band leader
performed 1000s of gigs from
North Pole to Lanzarote or from Oklahoma
to Azerbijan
solo with
Princes Street, Open Kitchen,
Small Town Talk and a 25 year Monday night residency at "Charlies"
Cork City with Ray Barron...
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