Mick Ryan - The Navvy's Wife

A musical drama written by Mick Ryan which gives voice to those whose lives were shaped by the great drive to carve out Britain�s canals, railways and roads. Double CD for the price of oneThousands were caught up in the migration of able-bodied men to the vast scars of construction that have now softened into our landscape. Bonds forged by kinship, friendship, love and economic necessity helped them all survive the brutal realities of the hard life the men were drawn to. This itinerant way of life conferred hardship and uncertainty on the women caught up in it but of these mothers, lovers, wives and widows the newspapers had very little to say; of their longings, sorrows, hopes and joys they said nothing, nothing at all. Tracks: CD1; Men From Limerick \ The Women's Song \ My Paddy \ Don't Forget \ Farewell My Son \ My Paddy reprise \ The Right Thing \ Don't Forget \ I Miss Him \ Brassey \ The Navvy's Wife \ Women Not Their Wives \ The Eyes Have It \ Farewell \ So Many Ways To Die CD2; Poppies \ The Journey \ We Get All Sorts \ Here Comes Mick \ Just Like You Something To Show \ The Journey / reprise \ Wasn't He the Lucky One \ Aren't We the Lucky Ones \ The Land Around You