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Early in 2018 I had an idea for a song, just a few chords and a few words. The words were 'four little leaves'. I don't know where they came from, but I'd been working with Gerry on a few songs and know that he works faster than me, so I sent him the tune and the words to see if he could do anything with them.

Gerry doesn't mess about.Two days later he sent me a complete song, Four Little Leaves. It described the breakup of a relationship, between a songwriter and a singer. At one point the songwriter mentions 'I wrote Four Little Leaves for the poor girl from Dublin'. I asked him what was going on there and he handed me the challenge of writing the actual song 'Four Little Leaves' that the songwriter mentioned, about the poor girl from Dublin, whoever that was. It was only in conversation with Gerry that I made the connection with Ireland - four little leaves describes a four leaf clover. That hadn't dawned on me.

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There was a time
All things being equal
When you and I
Rose above the clouds
We couldn’t fly
But that didn’t matter
It was all in our minds
All in our minds

You sang the blues
I would write country
But you wouldn’t sing
The songs I wrote
I wrote Four Little Leaves
For the poor girl
From Dublin
You shed a tear
On our way home

But we didn’t walk
The whole road together
We didn’t talk
For most of the way
You turned off
Before we got
To the station
Just a slip and a slide
And you walked away

There was a time
When all things were equal
Just a slip and a slide
And you walked away

Four little leaves
Just a slip and a slide

Just a slip and a slide
And you walked away

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from Four Little Leaves, released November 16, 2018
Gerry Callaghan - guitar, drums, voice
Norman Lamont - second guitar, bass, backing vocal

Music by Gerry and Norman, lyrics by Gerry

Produced by Gerry Callaghan

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Norman Lamont Edinburgh, UK

Norman Lamont has been delighting audiences on the Edinburgh songwriter scene since 1990. His trademarks are the diversity of his musical styles, emotionally honest lyrics and a droll sense of humour.

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