Various Artists — James Galway - Live

STILGOE Ticket prices being what they are, we thought we'd save you going to some of the other forms of entertainment you might have been to tonight by doing them here. And we thought we'd start off at the Barbican Concert Hall... because it's safer starting at the Barbican rather than starting somewhere else and trying to find the Barbican later on [Laughter] If... if you were at the Barbican, you might be listening to the finest flute playеr Northern Ireland has evеr produced [Piano intro] [Plays five bars of "Annie's Song" on mouth trumpet] [The rest of this track is sung in a fake Belfast accent to the tune of the "Badinerie" from Bach's Orchestral Suite no. 2, BWV 1067] Why do my eyes go from left to the right? Listen, mate, if you'd been brought up like I was in Belfast You'd find a way of avoiding a fight When you are playing on your tin whistle Under the eye of a guided missile Gets to be a habit Looking like a frightened rabbit Once the flute had a bomb in it And they said, you've got a minute That is probably the reason that I play so fast Why do my eyes go from left to the right? I'm looking for the camera which has got the little light on Checking to see that I'm in the limelight Trying to resemble a kind of macho Leprechaun when I am on each chat-show Answering the questions From my manager's suggestions If I have to tell again about The way I joined the Berlin Philharmonic I shall almost certainly be dead Why do my eyes go from left to the right? Have to keep a good eye on the stopwatch When I have started the Bumblebee's Flight They all expect The previous record will be wrecked I have to play it ever faster One day there'll be a disaster I shall play the thing so quickly that the flute will melt Why do my eyes go from right to left? Well, if I'm honest, it's fear of theft This thing I hold 'Tisn't very old And it's gold So I am worried that if I relax or Shut either eye then a man with a hacksaw Will cut bits off while I'm not looking Why do my eyes go from left to the right? Cos the conductor is now behind me Used to be well in my line of sight When I was only In the band Now I am lonely At the front so I decided All the faster pieces I did I'll give up and just play easy things like Annie's Song And the occasional obbligato Wobbling around with a huge vibrato [Mouth trumpet] Can't go on forever No, it must stop one day They'll let me play A concerto again instead of "Bless This House" on Stars on Sunday [Applause]