Lynne Muir
Lynne Muir (formerly Tracey)
In 1981 I travelled around Ireland, Appalachian Dulcimer slung over my shoulder, and began a lifelong love affair with traditional Gaelic songs first learnt from the Begley family of West Kerry.
During the late ‘70s and ‘80s I performed around Australia and New Zealand with Eilin Begley, and with Denis Tracey and John Munro in the trio Tracey Munro Tracey. In 1991 we recorded the album ‘Red Fox’, the majority of tracks being my own material.
Since then I have had a long career in classical choirs, singing with the ‘Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Chorus’ for 25 years, and most recently the a capella group ‘Hamer Singers’. My day job is illustrating and designing books, calligraphy and exhibition art.
Listen to Songs By Lynne Muir
Refuge Bay
When Australia celebrated its bi-centenary in 1988, amongst the re-enactment procession of the Tall Ships fleet in Sydney Harbour, some friends and I sailed out from the heads , turned south and west back towards Adelaide. One of our favourite ports was Refuge Cove on the eastern edge of Wilsons Promontory, Victoria. By a lovely twist, I now live overlooking the hills of the ‘Prom’ and walk into the Cove through lush bush… and now I know not to call it a Bay!
Song Lyrics
1. The tide is turning, the sea is boiling with our foam
The moon is rising, all the stars are like a crown;
With our sails set for harbour and our hearts set for the shore,
We are running with the waves to Refuge Bay.
2. We’ve seen the ocean for seven weeks or more
And now we’re yearning for the sight of that bright shore;
With a dolphin here to guide us, and a beacon on the hill,
We are running with the waves to Refuge Bay.
Chorus:
And we are sailing on the southern seas alone
Of land we’re dreaming, like mariners of old;
Maybe one fine day, when the wind is to the west
We will sail to the blessed isles again.
3. We’ve seen horizons through a mist of sea and spray
And waves like mountains, it seemed the end of all our days;
And we’ve heard the mermaids singing beneath a million shining stars,
Now we’re running with the waves to Refuge Bay.
4. Seagulls are crying, heralding our way
The sun is rising, the night has turned to day
With our sails set for harbour and our hearts set for the shore
We are running with the waves to Refuge Bay.
Chorus:
And we are sailing on the southern seas alone
Of land we’re dreaming, like mariners of old;
Maybe one fine day, when the wind is to the west
We will sail to the blessed isles again.
And maybe one fine day, when the wind is to the west
We will sail to the blessed isles again.
Website: www.artscribe.com.au (artwork only)
Songbook: ‘The Song Goes On’, Contemporary Australian Folksongs, edited by Lynne Tracey, published by Wise Publications 1986
Discography
‘Red Fox’, with Denis Tracey and others, published by Crafty Maid Enterprises 1991, CD and cassette
‘Nightpiece’, with Denis Tracey and John Munro, published by Talunga Music 1986, LP and cassette
‘TraceyMunroTracey live’, published by Talunga Music 1985, cassette only