Intro
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[Verse 1]
A# G# D#
F moment in time, rosin the bow
C#
Sound the strings of years ago
D# C# G#
F sunlit room at Glenties fair
A#m G# C# D#
F traveller plays a haunting air
[Verse 2]
A# G# D#
F story told, the laughter peel
C#
The fiddler strikes another reel
D# C# G#
The music lifts, the tapping toe
A#m G# C# D#
The listeners call for "Séan sa Cheo"
[Chorus]
G# A#7 G# A#
Feel his art lift the heart
G# A#7 G#
Sense the spirits rise and fall
C# D#
F fiddler plays in Donegal
[Verse 3]
A# G# D#
But the story resounds, the tune rings on
C#
The given note, the given song
D# C# G#
And now a child lifts the master's bow
A#m G# C# D#
F moment in time from years ago
[Chorus]
G# A#7 G# A#
Feel his art lift the heart
G# A#7 G#
Sense the spirits rise and fall
C# D#
F fiddler plays in Donegal
[Outro] (fade to end)
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