Since blue is my favorite color, it comes as no surprise that I’d choose it to paint the celtic clouds in a lullaby. Oops…I just gave away part of the secret of what makes these clouds so special.

One day, in the month of May, I was sitting at my keyboard…daydreaming. I had made it my mission to write 10 lullaby songs for kids in 10 days. I was on day four. Sometimes when I just let my mind wander, it goes to places I’ve never been and sends me back a starting line of lyrics. And that’s exactly what happened.

My fingers began to type out the words: “there’s a time in the spring and the last part of Autumn…”

And I thought…hmm…what happens then, Tony?

“Well”, my self replied. “That’s often a quiet time of year. Why don’t you sing about that?”

So, I began to think of what was quiet. You know what? Clouds are quiet. Hey! I could put those into the song. But not just any clouds. What kind? Well, of course they have to be blue. And since much of my heritage is German…well, I just naturally thought of celtic clouds.

OK, so maybe that’s not the exact way it happened. But I’ll leave it to you to determine which details I’ve gotten out of kilter. (how’s that for a celtic sounding word?) Anyway…hope you enjoy(ed) the video. And here are the lyrics. It just occurred to me, lyrics even sounds celtic.

Ay lassie, that it does.

Blue Celtic Cloud

There’s a time in the spring and the last part of autumn
When the noise of the day goes away, and the world is not loud
If you lay down and listen, you might hear the music
Raining down from real high in the sky in a blue celtic cloud.

Oh…beautiful magical music…
Oh…finding its way to your heart…

Through the whispering trees the wind brings a message,
And it tells you to keep your eyes closed and keep your head bowed…
“˜Cause you have to be still to catch all the music
Raining down on your ears from the sky in a blue celtic cloud.

Oh…beautiful magical music…
Oh…finding its way to your heart…

One by one the notes float down
And form a song so you can’t frown…
So you smile and you laugh and you sing.
Then two by two and three by three
The notes begin their harmony.
Just lay back and enjoy everything.

© 2001-2015 Tony Funderburk

Stay tuned…

Tony