"So long, it's been good to know ya..."

[Eileen Mavourneen]

Small excerpt from 1940 recording by Woody Guthrie and Burl Ives and some others:
…

("WIND" SOUND EFFECTS)


WOODY GUTHRIE:I knowed then that the WHOLE world wasn't gone...
but I knowed that OUR world had done run out...
I's ready to go... an' I's sayin' goodbye to Pa...

BURL IVES (?): Well, are you leavin', son?

WOODY GUTHRIE: Hell... I guess so...

BURL IVES (?): Which way do you think you be goin'? West?

WOODY GUTHRIE: S'pose so...

BURL IVES (?): Well, I think you better stay...

WOODY GUTHRIE: This whole country is blowin' away...
the lands an' the houses an'... people...
I'm a-goin', too...
Well, why don't you come...?

BURL IVES (?): NO... I guess I'll stay.
This is my place, here...
I don't know, but... I think I'll stay...

WOODY GUTHRIE: Well... I have to go...
The whole country is movin' out...

(SOUND EFFECT "CAR ENGINE STARTING")

...in ol' rattle-trap cars... an' trucks...
whole counties o’ people's packin' up an' leavin'...
an' a whole big, long caravan of 'em on the road...
They's all goin' West an' singin':


CHORUS:
So long, it's been good to know ya,
So long, it's been good to know ya,
So long, it's been good to know ya,
This dusty ol' dust is a-gettin' my home,
An' I got to be driftin' along,
I got to be driftin' along...

...

Thanks for the memories and the friendships and I hope to see you someday again, if you're not already with me in Middle Earth.
To me, the lights have already gone out in Istaria, but I may check back from time to time, just in case.

*hugs*

[Steelclaw]

Well, I can't say this caught me by surprise, as you had told me in a previous discussion. Anyway...

Thank you for supporting the players here. May you always be in the company of friends and find happiness where you seek it, be it in Middle Earth or wherever you end up next.

[Solitaire]

Good luck, Eileen. And thank you for the efforts you made on behalf of Horizons. It is with genuine regret that I see you are leaving. Here is hoping that Middle Earth becomes the home for you that Horizons once was.

[C`gan]

Thanks for all your help, Eileen. Rather sad to hear that you're leaving as well. Maybe our paths will cross once again. Until then, safe travels, Threadfree skies, the wind at your back, and may it always bring your sails home.

[Tamaracaran]

*Hangs his head in mourning at yet anoter friend taking leave of Istaria.*

You shall be missed, I hope to see you agian in some realm or another.

*Pads back to his lair, wondering if there will even be any one left to see it finished.*

[Denrath]

See you in Middle Earth Eileen. The place where you dont have to have at least 50 characters to post a message...

[Silenos]

So long Eileen /sing We'll meet again, don't know when, don't know where, but we'll, meet again, some sunny day!