Mag Pai Zai

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Mag Pai Zai
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Studio album by
ReleasedApril 8, 2011 (2011-04-08)
Genre Folk
Length48:16
Label Rimecoat Records
Declan O'Rourke chronology
Big Bad Beautiful World
(2007)
Mag Pai Zai
(2011)
Howlin’ Lowly Moons
(2014)
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Mag Pai Zai is the third album from singer-songwriter Declan O'Rourke, released in 2011.

Track list

  1. Slíeve Bloom
  2. Time Machine
  3. A Little Something
  4. Be Brave and Believe
  5. Lightning Bird Wind River Man
  6. Langley's Requiem
  7. Dancing Song
  8. Caterpillar DNA
  9. Orphan Wind Song
  10. The Hardest Fight
  11. The Old Black Crow

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References

  1. O'Brien, Jon. "Mag Pai Zai - Declan O'Rourke". AllMusic . Retrieved 9 November 2018.