The Most Haunting Irish Ballad You Haven’t Heard Yet | The Cheeky Celt

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The Most Haunting Irish Ballad You Haven’t Heard Yet | The Cheeky Celt

"Where the Shore Remembers — A Haunting Sean-nós Irish Ballad of Longing and Return - Step aboard a journey through time and memory with “Where the Shore Remembers”, a deeply emotional Irish ballad told in the sean-nós tradition, featuring ethereal vocals in the style of Celtic Woman. Set in the 1850s, this cinematic song follows a young man who leaves his homeland behind, searching for a new life — only to find his soul forever tethered to the green hills and crashing waves of Ireland. Decades later, he returns as an old man, greeted by the land that never forgot him.

🎬 This original ballad blends haunting melody, poetic lyrics, and breathtaking AI visuals to evoke the bittersweet truth of every emigrant's story: you can leave the land, but the land never leaves you.

🕊️ If you’ve ever longed for home, this one is for you.

🎼 LYRICS – Where the Shore Remembers Me

I stepped from the boat where the strange river ran

With a bundle of cloth and a heart full of land

The sky held no scent of the turf or the rain

And my mother’s last blessing still clung to my name

They call this the new world — with riches to claim

But the hills here are silent and know not my name

Each morning I labor, each evening I pray

To the wind of the glen and the salt of the bay

Oh Ireland my heart, your seed and your hope

(O Éire mo chroí, do shíol is do dhóchas)

Your fields are a fire in the back of my eyes

O sing me again through the smoke of the skies

For the shore still remembers where I said goodbye

I’ve laid stones on hearths for another man’s fire

I’ve watched seasons pass like the ghosts of desire

My tongue grows forgetful, my boots wear me thin

But the ache in my bones still speaks fluent within

I’ll not die in shadow, I’ll not die unknown

Let the tide turn me homeward in flesh or in stone

Oh Ireland my heart, your faith and your song

(O Éire mo chroí, do chreideamh is d’amhrán)

Though I sow in the soil where I do not belong

The roots of my soul still reach over the sea

To the shore that remembers the boy who was me

from the video introduction

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