What If We Had No Internet?
Song by Simon Oak about how the internet has changed us. Lyrics What if we had no internet? How would I send you a message? I’d look for a piece of paper, A pen, a stamp and an envelope And few days later you would…
Simon Oak Songs in English (home rec.)
Another Year Behind Us
Happy New Year song by Simon Oak, written at the start of 2023. Lyrics Chorus There it is, another year behind us Let’s forget the sadness, remember all the happiness Remember those we had to leave behind us Cheer up, I wish you Happy New…
I Used To Have A Heart
Unfinished protest song by Simon Oak. Yesterday, 15 Dec. 2025, the ‘Proud’ US Army mass murdered eight more innocent people at sea by destroying their boats. To impress the world, these ‘bold soldiers’ show us how they ‘risked their lives for the defence of their…
Who Is That Irishman?
Tribute by Simon Oak to one of Ireland’s most famous singers, Christy Moore. Simon: “I’ll never forget my first steps through the streets of Dublin. It was on 30 September 2013, after the Mountshannon Trad Festival with my fiddle friend and priceless Ireland guide, Jan…
Home Boys Home – Covid 19 Edition
Song by Simon Oak, based on the famous traditional, to remember the Covid 19 pandemic. End of April 2020, we were very keen on keeping safe distances, especially from the oldies, but that didn´t stop us from celebrating my mother’s 85th birthday. Yes, that´s her,…
Autumn Praise
A new ballad by Simon Oak, inspired by the beauty of the Autumn trees in Germany this October. Lyrics When the leaves change their colours From Summer’s green to Autumn yellow Every shade of brown and red A pleasure to the eye And the first…
No Better Start Of The Day
Ballad by Simon Oak (Jan. 2023) describing an average Saturday of a traditional singing festival. To the tune of Simon’s Lofty Pheasant. Lyrics No better start of the day, the birds are singing, my alarm is ringing I hurl the damn thing away, and I…
Mountshannon
Ballad by Simon Oak about the White Tailed Sea Eagles of Mountshannon, Co. Clare. The song was written for the Song Writing Competition of the 2013 Trad Festival, where the theme was to celebrate the successful breeding of these mighty birds at a nest near…
The Ballad Of Elizabeth Hart
Ballad by Simon Oak about the emigration of an Irish family from Wexford to Texas in 1834. Before Elizabeth left Ireland, she lost three of her six daughters in one week to the whooping cough. The story is based on Rosalie Priour/Hart’s biography, her only…
Just A Stone
Ballad by Simon Oak to remember the 2023 edition of the Traditional Singing Weekend in Inishowen. The stone is real and still on his desk in Holland. Lyrics There you are, just a stone Are you waiting for some company? On the sand, all alone…