Dagda's Magic Harp lyrics
Dagda's Magic Harp lyrics
Once there was a magic harp
They say in days of olde
And fair king dagda played upon
Enchanted strings of gold
And dagda was the only one
Who'd ever make it sing
For only he could draw a note
From those enchanted strings
And into battle he would go
And on his harp awoke
He'd strike a mighty battlecry
Of victory and hope
And through the sound would courage fill
The heart of every Knight
And the ????? found
Their metal for the fight
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Now once in heat of battle fierce
The dark fomorian stole (1)
From the home wherein it hung
That harp with strings of gold
They took it and they hid it
In a castle far away
But dagda and two loyal knights
They tracked them on their way
The fomorians thinking they were safe
Were in their banquet hall
When dagda and his knights burst in
And to his harp he called
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Hearing fair King Dagda's voice
The harp it came alive
And bolting through the air it flew
To brave king dagda's side
And which such power did it spin
When through the air it tore
It left nine dark fomorian knights
All dead upon the floor
The rest rose up to take it back
This wondrous magic thing
But were too late for dagda played
Upon its magic strings
Three chords he struck
Three songs he sang
First the song of tears
The formorians started weeping
At the music they did hear
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Next the song of laughter
And of joy king dagda played
The fomorians started dancing
In a wild dissaray
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Next the song of sleep he played
To the land of dreams did send
The whole fomorian army
And so the story ends
(INTERLUDE)
- Artist:Peter Pringle