The Brightest Day, The Darkest Night. Brendan Graham

      BRENDAN GRAHAM

       The Brightest Day,The Darkest Night

       COPYRIGHT

      First published in Great Britain by

       HarperCollinsPublishers 2005 1 London Bridge Street London SE1 9GF

       www.harpercollins.co.uk

      Copyright © Brendan Graham 2005

      This edition 2016

      Fair-Haired Boy - Words and Music by Brendan Graham © Brendan Graham (world exc. Eire) / Peermusic (UK) Ltd. (Eire)

       Praise to the Earth - Words and Music by Brendan Graham © Brendan Graham (world exc. Eire) / Peermusic (UK) Ltd. (Eire) Ochón an Gorta Mór - Words and Music by Brendan Graham © Brendan Graham (world exc. Eire) / Peermusic (UK) Ltd. (Eire) Sleepsong - Words: Brendan Graham; Music: Rolf Lovland © Peermusic (UK) Ltd.; Universal Music A/S Crucán na bPáiste: Words & English Translation: Brendan Graham; Music Trad/Additional Music - Brendan Graham © Brendan Graham (world exc. Eire) / Peermusic (UK) Ltd. (Eire) I Am The Sky: Poem by Brendan Graham The Last Rose of Summer - Thomas Moore - A Selection of Irish Melodies, Vol 5 (1813) Has Sorrow Thy Young Days Shaded - Thomas Moore - A Selection of Irish Melodies, Vol 6 (1815)

      Brendan Graham asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work

      Source ISBN: 9780006513971

      Ebook Edition © FEBRUARY 2016 ISBN: 9780007387687 Version: 2016-01-19

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       DEDICATION

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      CONTENTS

       COVER

       TITLE PAGE

COPYRIGHT

DEDICATION

PROLOGUE

ELLEN

ONE

TWO

THREE

FOUR

FIVE

SIX

SEVEN

EIGHT

NINE

TEN

ELEVEN

TWELVE

THIRTEEN

FOURTEEN

FIFTEEN

SIXTEEN

       SEVENTEEN

       PATRICK

       EIGHTEEN

       NINETEEN

       TWENTY

       TWENTY-ONE

       TWENTY-TWO

       TWENTY-THREE

       TWENTY-FOUR

       TWENTY-FIVE

       TWENTY-SIX

       TWENTY-SEVEN

       TWENTY-EIGHT

       TWENTY-NINE

       THIRTY

       THIRTY-ONE

       THIRTY-TWO

       THIRTY-THREE

       THIRTY-FOUR

       THIRTY-FIVE

       THIRTY-SIX

       THIRTY-SEVEN

       THIRTY-EIGHT

       THIRTY-NINE