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The Ghost of Kitty O'Reilly

from A Ripple in Time by Tiller's Folly

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GHOST OF KITTY O’REILLY

Kitty blushed in the full bloom of spring
Carefree and wild as a bird on the wing
Unencumbered by love’s tender strings
She lived by the Point Ellice shore

From far and wide, like moths to a flame
Calling and courting the gentlemen came
Still she bided her time, content to remain
In the house by the Point Ellice shore

There was not a one so fare
Timeless beauty and devil may care
At the height of Victorian flare
With paints, easel and garden

Oh, the scores of hearts she snared
Few resisted and few were spared
Though they pined oh, the less she could care
No one could kindle her ardour

Kitty died, a solit’ry rose
She never had wed; she’d seldom left home
Having never found love, was her heart turned to stone?
All alone by the Point Ellice shore

Many years have come and have gone
A story’s told so the legend lives on
That a maid with a blue dress on
Still haunts the house by the harbour

And there, I fear the ghost of fare Kitty O’Reilly
Will haunt evermore

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from A Ripple in Time, released June 1, 2002
Bruce Coughlan – vocals, guitar, wood flute & whistles
Laurence Knight – bass, vocals
Nolan Murray – fiddle, mandolin, 5-string banjo
Michael Santshyn– fiddle, mandolin & vocals
Robbie Steininger – electric slide guitar, mandolin & dobro
Phil Robertson – drums
Ian Cameron – fiddle, mandolin & guitar
Chris Stevens – 5-string banjo
Gord Maxwell – vocals
Jack Duncan – percussion
John Ellis – shakers & guitar
All songs composed by Bruce Coughlan (SOCAN) except; Heel & Toe (trad arranged by Nolan Murray & Bruce Coughlan, Muddy Frogwater & An Dram Buidheach – by Nolan Murray (ASCAP)
Produced by Laurence Knight

Engineered by John Ellis & Eric Reed
Pre-production by Ian Cameron
Recorded at Magic Lab Recorders, Surrey, BC
The Factory, Vancouver, BC and Red Stripe Studios, Burnaby, BC
Tracked at NAL Studios, North Vancouver, BC
Mastered by Jamie Sitar at Suitesound, Vancouver, BC

Graphics by Bruce Coughlan

We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Department of Canadian Heritage (Canada Music Fund) and of Canada’s private radio broadcasters.

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Pacific Canadian-based recording & performing artist, Bruce Coughlan has spent decades making Acoustic Roots Music Music of all descriptions. An expressive singer and rock-solid guitarist, Bruce is driven by one guiding principle: It's all about the Song. ... more

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