The Parting Glass – an Irish farewell
The Parting Glass is a beautiful example of that particular gift the Irish seem to have in abundance – being able to combine joy and sorrow in a way that is both sad yet wonderfully uplifting at the same time.
Parting Glass
It’s a song of farewell, sung for and to close friends. It conjures up the same feeling as Shakespeare’s “parting is such sweet sorrow”.
It may make you cry, but in a moving and life-affirming way.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhJp0W0ku2w The High Kings sing "The Parting Glass"
