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The Galway Fiddler
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A Lively Song With Trad Arrangements
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Singer,songwriter,composer. My songs are about real people in real times. Stories that can be true for alot of people.
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Genre
Alternative • Other Alternative
Charts
Peak #449
Peak in subgenre #70
Author
Linda Welby(imro.ie)
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Linda Welby
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November 21, 2008
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MP3 2.3 MB • 128 kbps • 2:31
Story behind the song
A busker who played a fiddle so well
Lyrics
AS I RAMBLED IN THROUGH GALWAY CITY IN A WORLD OF MY OWN DOWN BY THE QUAY. I CAME ACOSS A STRANGE OLD MAN PLAYING HIS FIDDLE I BECAME A FAN HE PLAYED THAT FIDDLE AS NO MAN COULD HE BOWED OUT TUNES AND WAS COVERED IN MUD I WONDERED WHY HE WAS STANDING THERE BEGGING FOR MONEY-IT DIN`NT LOOK FAIR CHORUS 1 I APPROACHED THIS MAN WITH SUCH GREAT CARE WITH THE QUESTION IN MIND IF I SO DARE HE SMILED TOWARDS ME AS I LOOKED AT HIM AND I KNEW IN MY HEART-HE`S LIFE WAS NOT DIM. I ASKED HIM WHY WAS A BRILLIANT MUSICIAN WAS HERE ON THE STREET WITH ALL OTHER MEN HE EPLIED SO KINDLY I`M HERE FOR THE POOR FOR I LIVE IN FINE SPLENDOR WAY OUT IN RENMORE I WONDERED WHERE HE HAD LEARNED TO PLAY WITH SUCH COMPASSION I DO HAVE TO SAY I HAD SEEN FINE FIDDLERS BUT NEVER BEFORE HAD I HEARD FINE MUSIC RIGHT FROM THE CORE CHORUS 2 HE SAID HE HAD LEARNT FROM THE BIRDS IN THE SKY THEIR SONGS EACH MORN HE`D PLAY TILL HE DIE HE LEARNT TO LISTEN TO THE BREEZE THROUGH THE HEATHER AND PLAY TO ITS WHISTLING IN ALL TYPES OF WEATHER EACH NOTE HE`D PLAY THE BIRDS WOULD TWEET AND CROWDS OF PEOPLE GATHERED IN THE STREET JUST TO HEAR HIM PLAY THEM OLD TIME REELS HIS LOVE FOR MUSICS HAS BEEN REVEALED AS I LEFT THAT OLD MAN I THANKED HIM SO MUCH FOR DEEP INSIDE MY HEART HE DID TOUCH A MAN WITHOUT WANT JUST HELPING THE POOR A LESSON I LEARNT THATS A GREAT THING FOR SURE CHORUS 3 HE SAID HE HAD LEARNT FROM THE BIRDS IN THE SKY THEIR SONGS EACH MORN HE`D PLAY TILL HE DIE HE LEARNT TO LISTEN TO THE BREEZE THROUGH THE HEATHER AND PLAY TO ITS WHISTLING IN ALL TYPES OF WEATHER
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