Jimi McKillop - A quiet death?

V9
The Galway Review
02:55
2026-05-08
9
traditional irish folk, warmly nostalgic, accordion, jig feel (6/8 with strong on-beat emphasis), no vocals / bgm / instrumental
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[intro]
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A quiet death?
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[verse]
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Death comes sometimes quiet
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and sometimes full of noise,
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sometimes it comes
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for aging bones
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and sometimes
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for young girls and boys,
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sometimes they’re
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mangled corpses
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sometimes beautiful
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and seemingly unscathed,
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nevertheless, the fact remains
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no life can ever be saved,
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‘no-one here gets out alive’
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as Morrison rightly said,
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your troubles are trivial
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while you’re here
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but even more so
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when you’re dead.
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