Uploaded March 2011 | Updated September 2026, 3 hours ago
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This is one of MacColl's last songs and his farewell to the world. In it, a dying hiker says goodbye to all he holds dear: the hills, his wife and his children (Black And White - The Definitive Collection, 1993 CD, trk#20, Green Linnet Records, Nashville, TN) and (Black And White - The Definitive Collection, 2000 CD, trk#18, Cooking Vinyl Records, London, UK).
This video is featured with lyrics on a mobile friendly page at:
GEST Songs of Newfoundland and Labrador:
gestsongs.com/10/joyofliving.htm
This is one of MacColl's last songs and his farewell to the world. In it, a dying hiker says goodbye to all he holds dear: the hills, his wife and his children (Black And White - The Definitive Collection, 1993 CD, trk#20, Green Linnet Records, Nashville, TN) and (Black And White - The Definitive Collection, 2000 CD, trk#18, Cooking Vinyl Records, London, UK).



![Now Im Sixty-Four (Connemara)
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This song is a variant of an original Newfoundland parlour song recorded by Connemara [1992-1997] on their 1995 Near & Distant Shores CD, trk#7, from Connemara Enterprises Ltd., produced by Jason Whelan of Connemara, recorded at The Sound Solution, recording number 02-50355 Connemara. Connemara is Tommy Nemec: guitar, bodhran and vocals; Glenn Hiscock: fiddle, mandolin, bouzouki, tenor banjo, 5-string banjo and vocals; Paul Hiscock: guitar, ukaline and vocals; Gordon Carey: bass and vocals. Musical contributions from Jason Whelan: guitar, bouzouki and whistle; Frank Maher: harmonica and button accordion; George Morgan: zambek. Now Im Sixty-Four (Connemara)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/uMli_9Qi-BM/mqdefault.jpg)
