This is our version of the old folk song Drill Ye Tarriers Drill! Given the recent popularity of sea shanties we thought we would contribute a land shanty to the mix. This tune depicts the lives of Irish and Chinese immigrants who built the trans continental railway.

 
 
 
Jim O'Connor from the band Boston Blackthorne performs Dancing at Whitsun by British songwriter and producer John Austin Marshall on Memorial Day.
Boston Blackthorne 2014 Lexington Chamber of Commerce Summer Concert Series GH1 w/ kit Lumix 14-42mm GH2 w/ Nikon 100mm f/2.8, M.Zuiko 45mm f/1.8
Queenstown is a song of Irish Emmigration by Jim Keegan and performed by Boston Blackthorne.
Boston Blackthorne 2014 Lexington Chamber of Commerce Summer Concert Series GH1 w/ kit Lumix 14-42mm GH2 w/ Nikon 100mm f/2.8, M.Zuiko 45mm f/1.8

This is a tune I (Jim O) wrote a few years ago for our 2 sons who graduated from college on the same day though they are not twins!