The Parting Glass

Leigh Anne Hussey, beloved musician behind Annwn/Brazen Hussey, was lost yesterday in a motorcycle accident.

I've built many relationships from the community that enjoyed her music, danced to her wicked fiddle, and raised a glass of cider more times than I can count to this, the song she closed most of her shows with:

THE PARTING GLASS

Of all the money that e'er I spent
I've spent it in good company
And all the harm that ever I did
Alas it was to none but me
And all I've done for want of wit
To memory now I can't recall
So fill to me the parting glass
Good night and joy be with you all

If I had money enough to spend
And leisure to sit awhile
There is a fair maid in the town
That sorely has my heart beguiled
Her rosy cheeks and ruby lips
I own she has my heart enthralled
So fill to me the parting glass
Good night and joy be with you all

Oh, all the comrades that e'er I had
They're sorry for my going away
And all the sweethearts that e'er I had
They'd wish me one more day to stay
But since it falls unto my lot
That I should rise and you should not
I'll gently rise and softly call
Good night and joy be with you all


Good bye, Leigh Anne. You'll be missed.