When my Irish friend and co-writer, Finbar Magee, and I decided to write a song together, we talked about what kind of song we might like to write. We landed on one inspired by the American colloquialism, Make Hay When The Sun Shines, a saying Finbar had not heard before.
The title had special meaning to him because of a personal connection to his childhood, having been raised on a farm in Ireland. After Finbar's father suffered a disabling injury working the farm, his mother had to take on the monumental…
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