THE BARD OF ARMAGH

LEVEL 4D · 120 BPM · Irish Folksong

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TAKE IT OFF THE SCREEN

Print the sheet for the piano stand, or load the MIDI into any app and practise at your own tempo.

HOW TO PLAY

1Put your right thumb on middle C. Most beginner songs stay under five fingers — you never move your hand.
2Set the speed down and turn CLICK on. Press each key exactly when the note reaches the line.
3Loop the bar that keeps breaking until it feels easy, then add the left hand and take the speed back up.

LYRICS

Oh, list to the (G)lay of a (D)poor I rish em (A)harp er and (D)scorn not the (A)strains of his (D)old with ered (A7)hand.

But re (D)mem ber his ty (G)fin gers, they (D)once could move (A)sharp er to their (Bm)raise up the ed (A)mem ’ry of his (D)dear na (A)tive (D)land.

At a fair or a (G)wake I could (D)twist my shil em (A)le lagh or (D)trip through a (A)jig with my (D)brogues bound with (A7)straw, and they (D)all the pret ty (G)col leens a (D)round me as (A)sem bled loved the (Bm)bold Phel im ed (A)Bra dy, the the (D)bard of (A)Ar (D)magh.