A VIDEO of a dad and daughter singing his song of hope has gone viral on Facebook getting 125,000 views.

Professional musician Rob Richings and Evelyn, seven, performed a song he wrote called Give on Facebook.

“We were sat doing some home-schooling, and my daughter wanted to sing a song. She's got a lovely little voice and she always wanted to go on YouTube, but I have never let her do that up to now.

“So, it was a bit of a compromise, we’ll do a video and put on my music page.

“We posted that video for a bit of fun – we just thought it will brighten people’s day.

“We picked this song because the words resonated.

“It was just the right time for those words and do a little video about that.”

Rob wrote and recorded the song in Australia a couple of years ago.

Rob, from Old Town, added: “I was meant to do it as a charity song, but it hasn’t come off yet.

“It got those words in it about hope and hope that everything will get back to normal.”

The video was posted on March 24, and has been viewed around the world.

“There are a lot of comments from Italy.

"I hope it helped brighten up their days,” Rob said.

“It was meant to reach a few people on my Facebook, but obviously it went bigger.

“I wasn’t expecting to get all these plays, but these things happen sometimes.

“It is just nice to see all the positive comments. It makes me feel great to know that it helped.

“It is just something little that we can do to help out at the moment, it is not much but it is something.”

Rob has been a full-time musician for seven years. He has written hundreds of songs and has toured all across Ireland and the UK.

He said: “New songs will definitely come from this situation because there’s a lot of inspiration out there.

“There’s a lot of great stories and people doing good all the key workers are doing amazing stuff.”

The 39-year-old was supposed to release his new EP in the coming days, but the coronavirus has forced him to postpone it.

Rob added: “We’ve been writing for the last six months.

“I have been writing with some amazing people but it’s a bit of a tricky time to release it.

To watch the video visit facebook.com/robrichingsmusic.