When She Held Me In Her Arms: MP3/WAV/Lyrics (Patreon)

I love recording and releasing music. But it's a challenge releasing singles. I'm a sprinter more than a long distance runner. Meaning, I'd rather release stuff all at once.

This is another track that's been sitting on my computer for a few months, waiting for me to mix it. But I'm glad I did.

I wrote "When She Held Me In Her Arms" in 2000, I believe. I'm guessing it was then because it was first released on the Brobdingnagian Bards album A Celtic Renaissance Wedding. That came out in 2001.

I remember driving down 24th street in Austin, Texas when the muse struck me. I pulled off into the park and wrote the lyrics. Then I raced home to set to record it.

I have tried to record this song many times over the years. I always loved Andrew's recorder part for the song. But I wanted one that was mine. For that, I went to Daniel I Briggs. He initially recorded guitar and bass for the song. That's the version that was released on my Celtic Love compilation.

That version sounds nice. But it wasn't quite IT. The song needed something else. So last fall, I emailed Samantha Gillogly. I asked her to record a fiddle part for me. She nailed it. So much so that I decided to leave off the guitar that Daniel recorded.

This version will be officially released on February 7, 2019, just in time for Valentine's Day.

I hope you enjoy it.

Lyrics: "When She Held Me In Her Arms"

words and music by Marc Gunn

Sad through a market, I wandered and prayedWhen I'd find me a woman I might marry some day.I never dreamed when I prayed that prayerThat the woman I longed for was standing there.

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When she held me in her arms that night,I held her close, and I held her tight.I swore that day forth, I'd love her all of me life.When she held me in her arms that night.

She smelled of the sweetest lilac skin.And I admit it now it drew me inHer voice cast a spell I could not disobey.Every word was a river that swept me away.

The market became a more beautiful placeThe flowers more fragrant, the clothing all lace.And her eyes, oh, her eyes! They told me to stayTwenty years later, I've not regretted a day.

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