O Carolan Tribute

I sat and I thought of a man O'Carolan

Who played for kings and lords and ladies

To hear him play, oh must have been wondrous

To feel such music played at his command

And the people spoke of your mighty godly gift

Bestowed on you when you were a boy

To play the harp with your magical fingers

To compose such music that left no desire

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And blind man O'Carolan where is your monument

Build it so high that the world it can see

All the people now have their music

Through a blind harpist that helped them to see

O'Carolan's concerto, was your tribute

You wrote it so people would remember your name

And the big hills the small hills, was your beauty

That conversation between two hills

And Carolan oh blind man, you wrote such masters

You showed the people, you found our hearts

And you gave our music a new beginning

And from the people it will never part

And blind man O'Carolan where is your monument

Build it so high that the world it can see

All the people now have their music

Through a blind harpist that helped them to see

Then a mighty man who's name was O'Riada

He wakened the people from out of their sleep

And O'Carolan's music, it was a part of him

A man I remembered a man I admired

And he spoke of you with great admiration

He played your music with grace and with style

And we'll remember you Sean O'Riada

We will remember you for a long while

And blind man O'Carolan he was your monument

He built it so high that the world it can see

And through O'Riada we can be thankful

He showed us a blind man, that's helped us to see