Thank Fiona it’s Friday.

Have you seen your mother, baby, standing in the shadow?

As mothers of Ireland make their voices heard outside the Dáil today, there can only be one theme for our weekly voucher-free music banter: what’s your favourite song about or whose lyrics refer to mothers?

Here’s mine.

Lines close on Saturday at MIDNIGHT.

Please include video links if possible.

Nick says: Good luck!

Meanwhile…

The results are in.

Last week I asked for your favourite Beatles song. Rosette Of Sirius won my esteem with this entry:

“The Beatles are ever present in my house – musically speaking – as I listen to them in one way or another every other day. Twice on Sundays. I remain devoted.

“It is, as other have said, very hard to pick a single track. However for the sake of it, I’ll suggest – in its entirety – ‘the long one’ that is Abbey Road Medley (above). Golden Slumbers…. Oh, man

“Now, I do appreciate it’s a medley, but given it one single track on vinyl it’s fair game imo. If you can, just sit yourself down for 15 minutes – preferably with a decent set of headphones – and escape for while. Jesus they were brilliant.”

Nick says: Thanks Rosette and to all who entered.

Last week: Win Nick’s Esteem

Pic: Zhivago, Galway