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Born to Sing was the Irish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1978 in Paris performed and composed by Colm Wilkinson. The song is a moderately up-tempo number, with Wilkinson explaining that "And a man is born to do one thing and I was born to sing". He goes on to describe a story of heartbreak caused by his itinerant lifestyle, as his lover did not travel with him. He seems, however, to accept this as a fact of life and be prepared to live with it. The song was performed first on the night, preceding Norway. At the close of voting, it finished in 5th place with 86 points.

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  • Born to Sing was the Irish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1978 in Paris performed and composed by Colm Wilkinson. The song is a moderately up-tempo number, with Wilkinson explaining that "And a man is born to do one thing and I was born to sing". He goes on to describe a story of heartbreak caused by his itinerant lifestyle, as his lover did not travel with him. He seems, however, to accept this as a fact of life and be prepared to live with it. The song was performed first on the night, preceding Norway. At the close of voting, it finished in 5th place with 86 points.
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  • Colm Wilkinson
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  • English
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  • Colm Wilkinson
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  • Noel Kelehan
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  • Born to Sing was the Irish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1978 in Paris performed and composed by Colm Wilkinson. The song is a moderately up-tempo number, with Wilkinson explaining that "And a man is born to do one thing and I was born to sing". He goes on to describe a story of heartbreak caused by his itinerant lifestyle, as his lover did not travel with him. He seems, however, to accept this as a fact of life and be prepared to live with it. The song was performed first on the night, preceding Norway. At the close of voting, it finished in 5th place with 86 points. A reporter for a British newspaper wrote "Born to sing? How wrong can you be?" about the song following the contest. Little did he know that 7 years later, Colm would go on to international stardom as a leading musical theatre actor.
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