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07 Tir Na N'Og

from Acoustic Overtures by Dougal Irvine

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Written by Dougal Irvine, Featuring Samantha Barks and Dougal Irvine on vocals

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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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from Acoustic Overtures, released July 12, 2016

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