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A wonderful song written by acclaimed fantasy author, bard, storyteller, and Nagian, Rie Sheridan. This song was actually written for me to sing and has a wonderful melody. One day soon, I'll learn it. [1]

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words by Rie Sheridan and music by Sheridan-Gunn 

Oh, they say 'tis a hanging 
that soon I will be-- 
My body a-twisting from 
yonder oak tree-- 
For daring to think that a man 
could live free... 
but though I may die, 
'tis a harper I'll be. 

The strings of my harp 
will never be stilled 
while the green of the shamrock 
still grows on the hill 
for the music of Ireland 
is her strength and her will 
and the soul of a harper 
no mortal can kill. 

Oh, the red-headed queen on her 
cold golden throne 
fears harper freedom 
she never has known 
Our bright Gaelic passion 
comes through in the tone 
so she orders it silenced 
and broods all alone. 

The strings of my harp 
will never be stilled 
while the green of the shamrock 
still grows on the hill 
for the music of Ireland 
is her strength and her will 
and the soul of a harper 
no mortal can kill.

For a man of the road, 
death holds no sting. 
'Tis another adventure-- 
a wonderous thing. 
And I know that my music 
will evermore ring 
in the hills and the rivers 
of each Irish spring. 

The strings of my harp 
will never be stilled 
while the green of the shamrock 
still grows on the hill 
for the music of Ireland 
is her strength and her will 
and the soul of a harper 
no mortal can kill. 

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