Seated one day at the organ
I was weary and ill at ease
And my fingers wandered idly
Over the noisy keys
I know not what I was playing
Or what I was dreaming then
But I struck one chord of music
Like the sound of a great Amen
'The Lost Chord' is a well-known and much-loved 19th-Century song - a setting by Arthur S Sullivan (1842 - 1900) of words by poet Adelaide A Procter (1825 - 1864).
The words and score can be found on the Internet , though many people will recognise those first lines, and perhaps as many would recognise the tune.
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