Musically, the song is simple, just a keyboard playing a nice melody. I don’t know anything about O’Doherty, but the delivery of this bittersweet song was top notch. I was planning to write about The Divine Comedy song, but my favorite track turned out to be this one from David O’Doherty, an Irish comedian. Sharon Shannon and David Gray both contribute instrumentals). When the album came out Hannigan tweeted: “A dog is for life, this album is for Christmas” playing on the Humane Society’s “A dog is for life, not just for Christmas” which is designed to discourage giving pets as holiday gifts if they can’t be cared for. The album features new recordings from fourteen artists, including Lisa Hannigan. Proceeds from the album go to the Dublin-based Dogs In Distress. So Davey and Neil Hannon of The Divine Comedy curated this album. It turns out nearly everyone I approached had a story to tell…” SOUNDTRACK: DAVID O’DOHERTY-“Florence Falls” (2012).īack in 2012, Cathy Davey said she’d “been trying to figure out how to raise awareness for homeless dogs without it becoming a negative campaign.” She says she “wondered how many songwriters would be interested in writing songs about dogs they have loved.
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