Written by Dougal Irvine, Featuring Samantha Barks and Dougal Irvine on vocals
lyrics
FRIEND Once upon a time.
JANE THERE ONCE LIVED A MAN
HE WAS THIRTY ONE
HE LIVED BY THE SEA
HE LIVED ON AN ISLAND
HE WAS A WARRIOR
FRIEND My turn.
JANE Okay you go.
FRIEND I’m going.
JANE You go.
FRIEND I’m going.
JANE Go on.
FRIEND SO ONE DAY THIS MAN
WELL HE MET A GIRL
SHE HAD GOLDEN HAIR
THAT HAD A NATURAL CURL
SHE WAS SO BEAUTIFUL
BUT SAD
JANE That’s nice. So what happens next?
FRIEND You go.
JANE THEY FELL IN LOVE IN AN INSTANT
WHEN HE SAVED HER FROM HER DEATH
FRIEND HER HORSE WAS STRICKEN WITH MADNESS
BUT HE CALMED IT WITH A BREATH
JANE SHE SAID, “I AM A FAIRY FROM TIR NAN OG
THE DAUGHTER OF A KING”
FRIEND HE SAID “THAT DOESN’T MEAN A THING
THAT DOESN’T MEAN A THING”
SO THIS MAN AND GIRL
LIVED IN TIR NAN OG?
JANE THE LAND OF ENDLESS YOUTH
WHERE NO-ONE CAN GROW OLD
BOTH THEY LIVED THREE HUNDRED YEARS
JANE BUT ONE DAY THE MAN
HE WANTED TO GO HOME
FRIEND JUST TO PAY A VISIT
JANE THE GIRL SAID “GO ALONE
BUT DON’T LET YOUR FEET TOUCH THE GROUND”
FRIEND Why not?
JANE It would break the magic.
FRIEND Of course!
JANE SHE SAID TO RIDE HER WHITE PONY
HE WILL BEAR YOU SAFE RETURN
FRIEND BUT LET ME GUESS SOMETHING WENT WRONG
BOTH FOLKS IN STORIES NEVER LEARN
JANE SHE SAID “I AM A FAIRY FROM TIR NAN OG
THE DAUGHTER OF A KING”
FRIEND HE SAID “THAT DOESN’T MEAN A THING
THAT DOESN’T MEAN A THING”
BOTH THREE HUNDRED YEARS AND ALL HAD DIED
THE LAND WAS CRACKED THE SEA HAD DRIED
HIS FAMILY LAY TOMBED INSIDE
THE LANDS CRUST
THE MAN BROKE DOWN, CLIMBED OFF THE HORSE
HE TOUCHED THE GROUND AND THEN OF COURSE
THE YEARS HE’D MISSED CAME BACK WITH FORCE
HE TURNED TO DUST
JANE SO THE HORSE WENT BACK
FRIEND BACK TO TIR NAN OG
THE LAND OF ENDLESS YOUTH
JANE WHERE NO ONE CAN GROW OLD
BOTH AND THERE THE PRINCESS WEPT
JANE THIS WAS THE TWENTY-SEVENTH
WARRIOR SHE’D ALMOST KEPT
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