I wrote this last year, but forgot to hit "Publish".  

The Seventeenth of August

This song was going through my mind all day yesterday.  That one line, 'the seventeenth of August' is very significant to me.  That day is my mother's birthday.  (1934) 

I have written about her before on this blog.  But last August 17th would have been her 91st birthday.  She died too young (2011, at 77).  And I have so much regret and guilt.  I should have taken better care of her.   

 "And as I rode out through Galway Town
To seek for recreation
On the seventeenth of August
Me mind being elevated
There were multitudes assembled
With their tickets at the station
And me eyes began to dazzle
And they're going to see the races"