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a woman walks outside her time
to be where she needs to be
a custodian of quiet elegance
and of gentle dignity
her conversations face the winds of change
yet her laughter has to ask
“where can i find such a man
with mustachio and hat?”

Ellie Ross is on the harbour wall
her words dance betwixt between
the breaking of the waves
and their returning to the sea
returning to the sea

she hears a piper playing sweet airs
conjured from the uilleann read
the sum of all his parts
translates an elemental speech
almost lost amongst the witless shoals
of people who won’t see
it’s at the edges of existence
all the magic places be

Ellie Ross is on the harbour wall
her words dance betwixt between
the breaking of the waves
and their returning to the sea
returning to the sea

she swings into the rain
dancing
like fiddlestix on fire with joy
she brings along a strange enchanting
to contradict the modern noise
like fiddlestix on fire with joy

she navigates with whimsy
her curiosities unlock
those mysteries mischievous
of the faerie and the fox
and she celebrates the season
of flying things falling from the sky
she nurtures and returns them
for no other reason than to smile
no other reason than to smile

Ellie Ross is on the harbour wall
her words dance betwixt between
the breaking of the waves
and their returning to the sea
returning to the sea

© tim o’connor 2014

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from Returning to the Sea, released November 19, 2014

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Tim O'Connor Hull, UK

Tim O'Connor is an English Folk/Rock songwriter based in Yorkshire, UK, Performing & recording since the late Seventies, Tim has released a large catalogue of albums, 39 to date, available on his record label, Uilleand Music.

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cowfisH, from 1992 onwards.

The Ant Farm Collective, from 2014-2017.

Tim O’Connor & the Poachers 2018-
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