| Paul Edmund Strzelecki has been recognised by the Irish Parliament as Hero of Great Famine. Scientists and journalists get inspired by this great philantropist. Please listen to a song written and performed by Cliff Wedgebury, and which makes part of a radio doco produced by Paul Wright.
The Comfort of Strangers - in ram system
The Comfort of Strangers - as mp3
Cliff Wedgbury is a Cork-based poet and songwriter, born in London in 1946. His formative years were spent in the folk-clubs, jazz clubs and second-hand bookshops on the Charing Cross Road. He began writing during these years and his last collection "A Lingering Adolescence" was published by Lapwing (Belfast, 2007). He has also recorded a number of CD's of his own songs.
The Comfort of Strangers by Cliff Wedgebury
Giving so freely to the poor and starving man
The comfort of strangers fed the hungry in this land
From Dublin out to Mayo
In rain and sleet and frost
He travelled with persistence to help at any cost
The horror he encountered
The torment of the poor
Gave him resolve to alleviate
The blight at every door
To help the children was his plan[] 
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To feed them in their schools
To make them wash and comb their hair
And abide by certain rules
Clothes and meals were given
Children fed each day
Fighting hunger where he could
Strzelecki led the way
Giving so freely to the poor and starving man
The comfort of strangers fed the hungry in this land
The comfort of strangers fed the hungry in this land
The plight of those in Ireland
Touched a human nerve
Strzelecki did all he could
He gave without reserve
Giving so freely to the poor and starving man
The comfort of strangers fed the hungry in this land
The comfort of strangers fed the hungry in this land
Written and sung by Cliff Wedgebury
If you wish to listen to Paul's doco, it is here on You Tube
Cliff Wedgebury on You Tube
Cliff Wedgebury. Photo YouTube |
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