![]() The effort was incredible and I am hoping it brings great attention to them as well." "The two guys who made it live three miles from me, award winning illustrator Kim Sharkey who did the art is another three miles the other way, the mermaids are from Dungloe and Burtonport and the barman was drafted in at great expense from Belfast. It's a wee bit different …" O'Donnell says. "It's not like it has a big, big message, like You Raise Me Up, this one just makes people happy. The song itself – written by Jimmy Buffett, Paul Brady and Ralph Murphy – is a jaunty middle of the road jape of a song for anyone who dreamt of an escape during the pandemic. ![]() ![]() He is full of praise for the creative team Re-Act Productions who came up with the concept. Making the video was "great fun" he says. Think Club Tropicana mixed with Fantasy Island and a sprinkling of Bed Knobs & Broomsticks and you are only part of the way there. The first single from the new album was released with a video that had social media buzzing. I ask him about one of the songs on 60 – Down at the Lah de Dah. I looked out and saw people singing and smiling along and I thought wouldn't this be a great way to spend my life I remember one night standing up there and thinking how much I enjoyed it. Now he's delighted to be back preparing for 13 sold out dates in the US, in venues such as Mystic Lake Casino and Fargo Theatre. He's been going there since 1997 when it was more of a struggle to fill rooms. He is talking on his mobile phone from Branson, Missouri, the Las Vegas of country music. That revelation is delivered on Skype, O'Donnell's preferred platform for interviews. You’ve less time left than you have lived. “I suppose it is a milestone age, 50 wasn’t a big deal, when you are in your sixties you are in your sixties and that’s it. "You know I did something during the week that I never did before – I got the flu jab, that's the only thing I've done," he says in that softly lilting and – if you're from Ireland – unmistakeable Donegal voice. "I don't feel a bit different than I did at any other age," he says. Despite naming his new album 60 – it went straight into the UK album charts at number 4 – he doesn’t have much to say about reaching this age. I ask him for his thoughts about the impending birthday. Writer(s): FARRY JOHN NORBERTLyrics powered by crooner and guilt-free crush of legions of women over a certain age, Daniel O’Donnell will turn 60 on December 12th. ![]() ![]() She sits there in the corner in that old easy chair Grand children all around her not a worry or a care Mother's birthday is today but she won't tell her age She just smiles and winks and says I've turned another page As we sat there talking as conversation flowed The memories came flooding back of days so long ago When she worked in the fields with dad from morning until dusk Raising a big family on hard work love and trust Everybody's loved one everybody's had one I hope that you'll have yours a long long time She brought us all into this world A lady with a heart of gold mother sweet mother of mine I remember well my younger days working on the farm She always said hard labor never done you any harm And she'd never go to sleep at night cause sometimes we'd be late Dedicated mother who didn't mind the wait Now a whole new generation is part of God's great plan It's meant her has changed and mother now is known as grand And as her young grandchildren sing happy birthday dear Mother gives them all a hug and wipes away a tear Repeat #3 x2 That's my mother sweet mother of mine My mother sweet mother of mine ![]()
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