Ain’t That A Grand And Glorious · Web viewCompiled from the Ruby Murray Anthology CD collection First draft Dec 7th 2010 INDEX to songs and album location (Anthology CD 1 to 4 and

Ruby Murray Lyrics

Compiled from the Ruby Murray Anthology CD collectionFirst draft Dec 7th 2010

INDEX to songs and album location (Anthology CD 1 to 4 and track no or vinyl album) page one of three

Song Title Album location PageAin’t That A Grand And Glorious Feeling? Anth CD2-13 /Your Favourite

Colleen 5As Simple As That Anth CD4-08 6At Finnigan’s Ball Anth CD2-22 7-8Ave Maria Anth CD2-03 /Your Favourite

Colleen 9Bambino Anth CD1-13 10Before We Know It Anth CD1-11 11Believe Me If All Those Endearing Young Charms

Anth CD2-2112

Boy Meets Girl Anth CD1-18 13Button Up Your Overcoat Anth CD3-15 14Come Into My Heart Anth CD4-22 15Congratulations Anth CD3-22 16Connemara Anth CD3-07 17Courtin’ In The Kitchen Anth CD2-20 18-19Danny Boy When Irish Eyes Are Smiling 2-5 20Dear Daddy Anth CD4-02 /Successes 21Dear Old Donegal It's a Great Day for the Irish/When

Irish Eyes Are Smiling 2-2 22-23Dear Old Donegal (Live) Anth CD4-18 24Delaney’s Donkey Anth CD4-15 25-26Diamond (The) Anth CD4-06 27Doonaree Anth CD2-25 28Doonaree (LIVE) Anth CD4-17 29Eileen O’Grady Anth CD4-19 30Evermore Anth CD1-12 /Successes 31Faith Of A Child (The) Anth CD4-04 32For Now, For Ever Anth CD1-20 33Forever Anth CD3-21 34Forgive Me My Darling Anth CD2-15 35Galway Bay When Irish Eyes Are Smiling 1-5 36Get Well Soon Anth CD1-01 /Ruby is a Gem 2-2 37Goin’ Co’tin’ Anth CD1-07 38Good Luck, Good Health, God Bless You Anth CD2-04 39Goodbye Is The Loneliest Word I Know Anth CD4-01 40Goodbye Jimmy, Goodbye Anth CD3-05 /Your Favourite

Colleen 41Green Glens Of Antrim (The) Anth CD1-25 42Happy Days And Lonely Nights Anth CD1-09 /Ruby is a Gem 2-

1 /Successes 43He’s A Pal Of Mine Anth CD1-03 /Ruby is a Gem 2-2 44Heartbeat Anth CD1-02 /Successes 45Honestly I Do Successes 46

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Index page two of threeHow Can You Buy Killarney? It's a Great Day for the Irish/When

Irish Eyes Are Smiling 2-5 47How Did He Look? Anth CD4-07 /Your Favourite

Colleen 48Humour Is On Me Now (The) Anth CD3-01 49-50Hurry Home Anth CD4-11 51I Know I’m Home Anth CD1-21 52I’ll Come When You Call Anth CD1-14 /Everybody's

Sweetheart 53I’ll Walk The Rest Of The Way Anth CD4-09 54I’m In Love With The Boy Next Door Anth CD4-10 55If Anyone Finds This, I Love You Anth CD1-10 /If Anyone Finds This

45 /Successes 56If I Were A Blackbird Anth CD4-24 57If You’re Irish Come Into The Parlour When Irish Eyes Are Smiling 1-4 58In Love Anth CD2-06 59In My Life Anth CD2-17 60-61Isle Of Innisfree Anth CD4-25 62It Only Hurts For A Little While Anth CD2-02 63It’s A Great Day For The Irish It's a Great Day for the

IrishEP/When Irish Eyes Are Smiling 2-2 64

It’s The Irish In Me Anth CD1-15 /Everybody's Sweetheart/Your Favourite Colleen 65

Jimmy Unknown Anth CD4-23 66Johnnie Gray (live) Anth CD4-16 67Keep Smiling At Trouble Anth CD2-14 /Your Favourite

Colleen 68Last Mile Home (The) Anth CD3-20 69Let Him Go, Let Him Tarry Anth CD4-13 70Let Me Go, Lover Anth CD1-08 /Ruby is a Gem 1-

1 /Your Favourite Colleen 71Little Bit Of Heaven (A) Anth CD2-23 72Little One Anth CD2-19 /Real Love 45 73Little White Lies Your Favourite Colleen 74Living For The Day Anth CD3-25 75Love’s Old Sweet Song Anth CD3-12 76Macnamara’s Band (live) Anth CD4-20 77-78Macushla Mine Anth CD2-11 /It's a Great Day for

the Irish/Your Favourite Colleen 79Meeting Of The Waters (the) Anth CD3-02 80Message from Jimmy (A) Anth CD3-08 81Mick McGilligan’s Ball Anth CD3-03 82-83Mr Wonderful Anth CD2-08 /Successes 84Music Maestro Please Anth CD3-16 85My Little Corner Of The World Anth CD3-24 /My Little Corner of

the World 86Nevertheless (I’m In Love With You) Your Favourite Colleen 87

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Index page three of threeNora Malone Anth CD2-16 88Now Is The Hour (Haere Ra) Anth CD3-17 89O’Malley’s Tango Anth CD2-07 /Your Favourite

Colleen 90Passing Strangers Anth CD2-12 /Your Favourite

Colleen 91Pennies From Heaven Anth CD3-18 92Phil The Fluter’s Ball When Irish Eyes Are Smiling 2-4 93-94Pianissimo Anth CD4-05 95Please Hold Me Tightly Anth CD1-22 96Pretty Irish Girl (A) Anth CD3-06 97-98Pretty Pretty Anth CD2-09 99Promises Were Made To Be Broken Anth CD4-21 100Real Love Anth CD2-18 /Real Love 45

/Successes 101Scarlet Ribbons Anth CD2-10 /Successes 102Slowly With Feeling Anth CD1-17 /Everybody's

Sweetheart/Successes 103Smile Anth CD3-11 104Softly, Softly Anth CD1-04 /Successes/Softly

Softly 45 105Something Old, Something New Anth CD4-12 106Spring, Spring, Spring Anth CD1-06 107-108Sweetheart Of All My Dreams Anth CD3-23 /My Little Corner of

the World 109Tammy Tell Me True Anth CD4-03 110Teddy O’Neil Anth CD1-24 111Teddy O’Neil (LIVE) Anth CD4-14 112That Look In My Eye Anth CD2-01 113The Mountains Of Mourne When Irish Eyes Are Smiling 1-3 114Till We Meet Again Anth CD3-19 115Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral When Irish Eyes Are Smiling 2-1 116True Love Anth CD2-05 /Successes 117Two Rivers Anth CD1-19 118Very First Christmas Of All (The) Anth CD1-16 /Everybody's

Sweetheart/If Anyone Finds This78 119

Voice In The Choir (A) Anth CD3-09 120What Could Be More Beautiful? Anth CD1-05 /Softly Softly 45 121When I Grow Too Old To Dream Anth CD3-14 122When Irish Eyes Are Smiling When Irish Eyes Are Smiling 1-1 123When You Wore A Tulip Anth CD3-13 124Who Knows? Anth CD3-04 125With Me Shillelagh Under Me Arm Anth CD2-24 126-127You Are My First Love Anth CD1-23 128You Are My Sunshine Anth CD3-10 129

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Ain’t That A Grand And Glorious Feeling?

When there’s somebody whoYou can cuddle up toAin’t that a grand and glorious feeling?When he’s hugging you thereIn that cosy old chairAin’t that a grand and glorious feeling?

Every little kissDoes you so much goodYou’re so full of blissYou just feel like knocking woodAnd when his natural guessIs that you’re going to say yesAin’t that a grand and glorious feeling?Is there anyone presentWho was ever in love?If so, you know nowI’m feeling right nowEverything’s so pleasantSun is shining aboveIf you’re in love, Gee WhizYou know just how it is!

Ain’t that a grand and glorious feeling?Ain’t that a grand and glorious feeling?

Every little kissDoes you so much goodYou’re so full of blissYou just feel like knocking woodAnd when his natural guessIs that you’re going to say yesAin’t that a grand and glorious feeling?Ain’t that a grand and glorious feeling?

Anthology CD2-13 /Your Favourite Colleen

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As Simple As That

In your smoky eyes Such a paradise I seeDare I visualise There’s a special place for meI have loved you so Since the night we said “hello”It’s just as simple, as that

From the very startWhen my heart discovered youYou became a part Of a dream that’s coming trueYou created thisIn one unexpected kissIt’s just as simple, as that

Love came In all it’s gloryFor you, Were there to share its tendernessI know that our love storyWill bring, happiness

In your smoky eyes Such a paradise I seeIn this paradise Will I find you close to meDarling say it’s trueTake this heart that cares for youIt’s just as simple, as that

Love came In all it’s gloryFor you, were thereTo share its tendernessI know that our love storyWill bring, happiness

In your smoky eyes Such a paradise I seeIn this paradise Will I find you close to meDarling say it’s trueTake this heart that cares for youIt’s just as simple, as thatIt’s just as simple, as thatIt’s just as simple, as that

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At Finnigan’s Ball

Michael Finnigan gave a ballDown in Ballymahony In the old town hallWe drove in cabs to the festive sceneI took a couple and I ran betweenOh what a gathering we had thereOh what a gathering I declarePatsy Sullivan looked a wreckFor he had a gathering upon his neck

Finnigan's Ball What a night of jollityFinnigan's Ball dancing all aroundWe were strict tea total one an allTill the cork came out at Finnigan's Ball

Old Mrs Mullins three score and tenHadn't had a kiss since the Lord knows whenShe bought a mask and went to the danceCovered up her face it was her only chanceSat out the dance with Mike MuldoonOut upon the stairs they began to spoonHe spotted her face as he gave her a kissAnd said heaven help the sailors on a night like thisFinnigan's Ball on a trumpet CassidyFinnigan's Ball playing in the band But he was so thin and lean and smallThat he fell through his trumpet at Finnigan's BallWe had supper with lots to eatSure with the finest whisky neatBut there was trouble in store, oh dearFor Barney Flynn drank Flannagan's beer

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At Finnigan’s Ball (cont)

Mrs. Bull had an appetiteShe ate twenty seven buns that nightThese buns are fine says Mrs. BullBut I couldn't eat another For me program's fullFinnigan's Ball little Mrs RaffertyFinnigan's Ball promised me a danceBut she slipped on the stairs and had a fallAnd she broke her promise at Finnegan's Ball

Clancy hired some evening clothesWhere he got them goodness knowsTurned that evening dress with prideThere was room for another Twenty-six insideClancy did a foolish thingHe tied his trousers up with stringThat string broke and we all got a shockFor down with a wallop came his war-loan stockDown at Finnigan's Ball that wrapped up the eveningFinnigan's Ball then we said goodnightSo here’s to the health of Finnigan’s ballAnd here’s to the very nextFinnigan’s Ball

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Ave Maria

Ave Maria gratia plenaMaria gratia plenaMaria gratia plenaAve ave dominus, dominus tecumBenedicta tu in mulieribus. Et benedictus. Et benedictus fructus ventris, Ventris tui Iesus. Ave Maria


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Bambino

Bambino, Bambino, BambinoSleep softly my baby tonightBambino, Bambino, BambinoSweet dreams while the stars Shine so bright

The angels are watching above youThey know you are my heart's delightBambino, Bambino, BambinoMy baby, my darling, good night

Bambino, Bambino, BambinoMy baby, my darling, good night

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Before We Know It

Before we know itSomeone's bornChildhood’s here And then it's goneBefore we know it Girls and boysAre grown

Before we know itOn the sceneComes the age of sweet sixteenThere out grow itMy how years have flownThen love enters the scheme of things That’s where we came inWe've started to dream of thingsAnd new life will begin

Then comes a homeAnd other tiesCradle days and lullabysBefore we know itChildhood’s here and thenIt starts all over againIsn't it wonderful?It all starts all over again

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Believe Me If All Those Endearing Young Charms

Believe me if all those Endearing young charmsWhich I gaze on so fondly todayWere to change by tomorrowAnd fleet in my armsLike fairy gifts, fading awayThou would still be adoredAs this moment thou artLet thy loveliness fade as it will

And around the dear ruinEach wish of my heartWould entwine itselfVerdantly still

Thou would still be adoredAs this moment thou artLet thy loveliness fade as it willAnd around the dear ruinEach wish of my heartWould entwine itselfVerdantly still

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Boy Meets Girl (with Norman Wisdom)

Boy meets girl, in the moonlightJust a pair of lonely heartsBoy meets girl, in the moonlightThat’s how the trouble starts

Girl meets boy, kinda nervousWith a heart that’s beating fastGirl meets boy, saints preserve usAm I in love at last?

So it goes, The whole world overGuess it always willJack must have his JillThen once moreThe old, old story

Boy meets girlMoon is yellowJust the way it ought to beLucky Girl, Lucky fellowWish it were you and me

Boy meets girl, in the moonlightJust a pair of lonely heartsBoy meets girl, in the moonlightThat’s how the trouble starts

Girl meets boy, Kinda nervousWith a heart that’s beating fastGirl meets boy, Saints preserve usAm I in love at last?

So it goes, The whole world overGuess it always willJack must have his JillThen once moreThe old, old story

Boy meets girlMoon is yellowJust the way it ought to beLucky Girl, Lucky fellowWish it were you and me

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Button Up Your Overcoat

Button up your overcoat When the wind is freeTake good care of yourself, You belong to me

Eat an apple every day, Get to bed by three Take good care of yourselfYou belong to me

Be careful crossing streetsDon’t eat meatsCut out sweetsYou'll get a pain and ruin your tum-tum!

Keep away from bootleg hooch When you're on a spree Take good care of yourself You belong to me

Don't sit on hornet's tailsOr eat nailsOr live railsYou'll get a pain and ruin your tum-tum!

(Repeat first four verses)

From the musical "Follow Through," 1929(Ruth Etting)

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Come Into My Heart

Come into my heart, my loveCome abide, with meI’ll be ever true, my loveFor eternity

Let my lips bring joy to youJoys you’ve never knownCome into my heart, and thenCall this heart, your own

As deep as the oceanHigh as the skyMy love and devotionIs yours, ‘til I die

We shall never walk aloneWe shall never partLove will light the way, if youCome into my heart

Yes, Love will light the way, if youCome into my heart

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Congratulations

CongratulationsMy very best to youCongratulationsMay all your dreams, come trueMay life’s sweet refrainLeave you neverMay this love remainWith you foreverCongratulationsMay lovers never partCongratulationsFrom deep down, in my heart

Anyone that’s loved by youIs lucky, that’s very plain to seeCongratulationsHow I wish the lucky one,Were me

Anyone that’s loved by youIs lucky, that’s very plain to seeCongratulationsHow I wish the lucky one,Were me

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Connemara (with Brendan O’Dowda)

In Connemara, by the lakeWhere I loved you, And you loved meI still recall, the days SweetheartYou told meWe would have to partAnd that same nightYou sailed awayTo distant lands, across the bay

For five long years, I’ve had to waitAnd now you come, at lastToo lateFor I was told, that you were deadAnd yesterday at noonI wed

In Connemara, by the lakeTwo young hearts, had to breakIn county Galway, by the seaWhere I loved youAnd you loved me

The Summer Dawn, reflected viewHas turned the waters, azure blueAnd like a sigh, the Western breezeHas kissed the lake, And stirred the treesAnd oh my love, it stirs me tooAnd brings back memories of youOf Summer days, I can’t forgetIn Connemara, where we met

In Connemara, by the lakeTwo young hearts, had to breakIn county Galway, by the seaWhere I loved youAnd you loved me

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Courtin’ In The Kitchen

Come single belle and beauAnd to me pay attentionDon’t ever fall in loveFor it’s the devil’s own inventionFor this lad fell in loveWith a maiden so bewitching‘Twas Henry F of belleOver Captiain Kelly’s kitchen

Too ra loo ra loo ra liToo ra loo ra ladiToo ra loo ra loo ra liToo ra loo ra ladi

At the age of seventeenHe was ‘prentice to a grocerNot far from Stephen’s GreenWhere miss Henry used to go sirHer manners were sublimeShe set his heart a twitchingAnd she invited himTo a hooley in the kitchen


Then Sunday being the dayThey were to have the flare upHe dressed himself quite gayAnd he frizzened all his hair upThe captain had no wifeFaith, he had gone a fishingSo they kicked of high lifeDown below stairs in the kitchen


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With his arms around her waistShe slyly hinted marriageTo the door in dreadful hasteCame Captain Kelly’s carriageHer eyes soon filled with hateAnd poison she was spittin’When the Captain at the doorHe walked straight into the kitchen


When the Captain came downstairsThough he saw the situationIn spite of all his prayersHe was marched off to the stationSure, they would take no bailFor to get home he was itchingBut he had to tell a tale How he got into the kitchen


He said she did invite himBut she gave a flat denialFor such they did indict himAnd he was sent to trialShe swore he robbed the houseIn spite of all her screechinAnd he got six months hardFor his countin’ in the kitchen


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Danny Boy

Oh, Danny Boy, The pipes, the pipes Are calling, From glen to glen, And down the mountainside

The summer’s gone And all the roses fallingIt’s you, it’s you Must go And I must bide

But come ye back When Summer’s in the meadow, Or when the valley’s Hushed and white with snowIt’s I’ll be here In sunshine or in shadowOh, Danny boy, Oh Danny, boy, I love you so!

Yes I'll be here, In sunshine or in shadowOh, Danny boyOh Danny boyI love you so!

When Irish Eyes Are Smiling 2-5

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Dear Daddy

Dear DaddyRight from my very first dayYou guided my way, So clearly, sincerly

Dear DaddyFor all the heartaches and tears,Those troublesome yearsAnd little white lies, I apologise

What words can I say?How can I repayYour sweet tendernessThough all that you askAs thanks for the pastIs just my happiness

Oh DaddyFor all the love you have shownYour my King on a throneForever my only Daddy

What words can I say?How can I repayYour sweet tendernessThough all that you askAs thanks for the pastIs just my happiness

Oh DaddyFor all the love you have shownYour my King on a throneForever my own dear Daddy

Dear DaddyDear Daddy

Anthology CD4-02 /Successes

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Dear Old Donegal

It seems like only yesterdayI sailed from out of Cork.A wanderer from old Erin's isle,I landed in New York.There wasn't a soul to greet me there,A stranger on the shore,But Irish luck was with me here,And riches came galore.And now that I'm going back againTo dear old Erin's isle,Me friends will meet me on the pierAnd greet me with a smile.Their faces, sure, I've almost forgot,I've been so long away,But me mother will introduce them allAnd this to me she’ll say

Shake hands with your Uncle MikeColleen, and here's your sister, Kate.And there's the boy you used to swingDown by the garden gate.Shake hands with all of the neighbours,And kiss the fellars allYou're as welcome as the Flowers in MayTo dear old Donegal

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Dear Old Donegal (cont)

They’ll give a party when I go homeAnd they'll come from near and farThey'll line the roads for miles and miles, with Irish jauntin' cars.The spirits'll flow like buttermilkThe like you’ve never seenAnd the piper will play an Irish reelTo greet the Yank colleen.We'll dance and sing The whole night long,Such fun as never was seen.The lads'll be decked in corduroy,The colleens wearin' green.There'll be thousands there I’ve never saw,I've been so long away,But me mother will introduce them allAnd this to me will say:

Shake hands with your Uncle MikeColleen, and here's your sister, Kate.And there's the boy you used to swingDown by the garden gate.Shake hands with all of the neighbours,And kiss the fellars allYou're as welcome as the Flowers in MayTo dear old Donegal

Meet Branigan, Fannigan, Milligan, Gilligan,Duffy, McCuffy, Malachy, Mahone,Rafferty, Lafferty, Donnelly, Connelly,Dooley, O'Hooley, Muldowney, Malone,Madigan, Cadigan, Lanihan, Flanihan,Fagan, O'Hagan, O'Hoolihan, Flynn,Shanihan, Manihan, Fogarty, Hogarty,Kelly, O'Kelly, McGuinness, McGuinn.

That’s dear old Donegal (Page two of two)

It's a Great Day for the Irish/When Irish Eyes Are Smiling 2-2

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Dear Old Donegal (Live)

Shake hands with your Uncle Mikeme boy, and here's your sister, Kate.And there's the girl you used to swingDown by the garden gate.Shake hands with all of the neighbours,And kiss the colleens allYou're as welcome as the Flowers in MayTo dear old Donnegal

It seems like only yesterdayI sailed from out of Cork.A wanderer from old Erin's isle,I landed in New York.There wasn't a soul to meet me there,A stranger on your shore,But Irish luck was with me here,And riches came galore.And now that I'm going back againTo dear old Erin's isle,Me friends will meet me on the pierAnd greet me with a smile.Their faces, sure, I've almost forgot,I've been so long away,But me mother will introduce them allAnd this to me she’ll say Shake hands with your Uncle Mikeme boy, and here's your sister, Kate.And there's the girl you used to swingDown by the garden gate.Shake hands with all of the neighbours,And kiss the colleens allYou're as welcome as the Flowers in MayTo dear old Donnegal

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Delaney’s Donkey

Delaney had a donkey everyone admiredTemporarily lazy, permanently tiredA leg at every corner balancing his headAnd a tail to let you know which end he wanted to be fedRiley slyly said we've underrated it, why not train it, then he took a ragRubbed it, scrubbed it, oiled and embrocated itGot it to the post and when the starter dropped the flagThere was Riley pushin' it, shovin' it, shushin' itHogan, Logan and everyone in town Lined up, attackin' it, shovin' it and smackin' itThey might as well have tried to push the Town Hall downThe donkey was eyein' them, openly defyin' themWinkin', blinkin' twistin' out of placeRiley reversin' it, everybody cursin' itThe day Delaney's donkey ran the halfmile race

The muscles of the mighty never known to flinchDidn't move the donkey a quarter of an inchDelaney lay exhausted, hangin' round his throatWith a grip just like a Scotsman on the twenty schilling noteStarter, Carter, he lined up with the rest of themWhen it saw them, it was willin' thenRaced up, braced up, ready for the best of themThey started off to cheer it but it changed its mind againAnd there was Riley pushin' it, shovin' it, shushin' itHogan, Logan and Mary Ann Macgraw

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Delaney’s Donkey (cont)She started pokin' it an' grabbin' it an' chokin' it

It kicked her in the bustle and it laughed hee-hahThe whigs and conservatives, radical superlativesLiberals and tories, hurried to the placeStood there in unity, helpin' the communityThe day Delaney's donkey ran the halfmile race

The crowd began to cheer it, Rafferty, the judgeCame up to assist them, but still it wouldn't budgeThe jockey who was riding, little John McGeeWas so thoroughly disgusted that he went and had his teaHagan, Fagan students of psychologySwore they'd shift him with some dynamiteBought it, brought it, and without apologyThe donkey gave a sneeze and blew the whole lot out of sightThere was Riley pushin' it, shovin' it, shushin' itHogan, Logan and all the bally crewPolice, and auxiliary, the Garrison ArtilleryThe Second Enniskillen's and the Life Guards tooThey seized it harried it, picked it up and carried itCheered it, steered it to the winnin' placeBookies all drew aside then committed suicideThe day Delaney's donkey won the half - mile - raceAnthology CD4-15

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Diamond (The)

A single diamond sparkling in the lightHe gave me when it all beganHe held me close And whispered in the nightYou’re my true love, and I’m your man

A single diamond in a band of goldTo wear for all the world to seeA stone of fire that suddenly go coldJust like the love he promised me

He said that now we were togetherWe’d never part againWith love forever and foreverOur menOur men

But like a dreamHe vanished overnightAnd left me this and nothing moreA single diamond sparkling in the lightBut not as brightly as before

And now I wear it to remind meHow swiftly love can passBecause my diamondSparkling in the lightIs just a diamond made of glass

Because my diamondSparkling in the lightIs just a diamond made of glass

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Doonaree

Oh to be in DoonareeWith the sweetheart I once knewTo stroll in the shade of the leafy shadeWhere the rhododendrons grewTo sit with my love on the bridge aboveThe rippling waterfallTo go back homeNevermore to roamIs my dearest wish of all

If you ever go to IrelandI’m sure you will agreeTo take the road from Dublin town way down to DoonareeAnd when you find the wishing well Beyond the chestnut treeIn a shady nook, by a winding brookWill you make this wish for me


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Doonaree (LIVE)

If you ever go to IrelandI’m sure you will agreeTo take the road from Dublin town way down to DoonareeAnd when you find the wishing well Beyond the chestnut treeIn a shady nook, by a winding brookWill you make this wish for me


And if you take the hilly path To the wood where bluebells growWhere we as barefoot children played So many years agoYou'll find the slumbering castle there Entwined in memoryBeneath the spell of the wishing wellWill you make this wish for me?

Oh to be in Doonaree With the sweetheart I once knewTo stroll in the shade of a leafy glade where the rhododendrons grewTo sit with my love on the bridge above The rippling waterfallTo go back home Never more to roam Is my dearest wish of all

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Eileen O’Grady (live with Brendan O'Dowda)There's a sweet little lady Named Eileen O'Grady. I wish I could call her my own.Sure I won't be contented Till she has consented To be Mrs Barney Mallone

Now I first met this treasure Out walking at leisure Alone on a bright Summer's day.Without any warning 'The top of the morning' I just says to her right away

Come, come, beautiful Eileen, Out for a drive with meOver the mountain and Down by the fountainOver the high roadAnd down by the low road Make up you mindDont be unkindAnd we’ll drive through Castle barTo the road I'm no stranger, For you there's no danger, So hop like a bird on me Auld jauntin cart

But then I said 'No sir, With you I shan't go sir, Don't think it ungrateful of meSure I'd rather be walking Than have people talking, You know what the story would be.

He then whispered jewelDon't treat me so cruel, To treat me like this is a shameGive over your blarney And come with you're BarneyAnd don't have me pleading in vain.

Chorus x 2 “Come. come beautiful Eileen... “Anthology CD4-19

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Evermore

As the river, constantly,Flows for ever to the sea,As the waves break on the shore,I shall love you evermore.

As the sun will surely riseEvery day to light the skies,There is one thing just as sure,I shall love you evermore.

Though you say you can't pretendThat you are more than just a friend,I shall always hope and prayThat you'll love me in the end;

And my darling, if you findThat your heart Has changed your mind,There will be an open doorWaiting for you evermore.

I shall always hope and prayThat you'll love me in the end;

And my darling, if you findThat your heart has changed your mind,There will be an open doorWaiting for you evermore,Evermore.

Gerry Levine (m) Paddy Roberts (l)


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Faith Of A Child (The)

The faith of a childIs a wondrous thingAs the dew on a roseIn SpringWhen eyes so true.Look up at youListen, the angels are singing

The faith of a childIs as pure as goldSuch faith cannot dieThough the world grows oldThe sky, the seaEternity

Greater than theseIs the faith of a child

The faith of a childIs as pure as goldSuch faith cannot dieThough the world grows oldThe sky, the seaEternity

Greater than theseIs the faith of a child

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For Now, For Ever

For now forever,And for evermoreI’ll be in love with youSo much in love with you

For now foreverFor eternityMy love will always beFor you alone

As long as we’re together, dearThis World is yours and mineThere’s never beenA love like ours before

This is for always‘Til the end of time

For now forever,And for evermore

This is for always‘Til the end of timeFor now forever,And for evermore

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ForeverHold meKiss meWhisperTo me

That you,Love meForever

Want me Need meTell meSweetly

That youLove meForever

Forever and everMy heart will be trueForever and everI’ll love only you

Hold meKiss meWhisperSweetlyThat you,Love meForever

Hold meKiss meWhisperSweetlyThat you,Love meForever

Whisper sweetly, That you love me – Forever …

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Forgive Me My Darling

We had a silly quarrelSaid things we didn’t meanNow you have goneAnd left me aloneI know what a fool I’ve been

Forgive me my darlingForgive me Don’t you knowThat forever I’ll be true?

Don’t you know that I never meant to hurt youFor I love you my darlingI do

Darling I’m lost without youMust get you back somehowDon’t make me begBy staying away‘Cause I’ve learnt my lesson now

Forgive me my darlingForgive me Don’t you knowThat forever I’ll be true?

Don’t you know that I never meant to hurt youFor I love you my darlingI do, I do, I do

Forgive me my darlingForgive me

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Galway Bay

If you ever go across the sea to Ireland Then maybe at the closing of your day You will sit and watch the moonrise Over Claddagh, And see the sun go down on Galway Bay, Just to hear again the ripple Of the trout stream, The women in the meadows Making hayAnd to sit beside a turf fire in the cabinAnd watch the barefoot gossoons At their play, For the breezes blowing over the seas From Ireland, Are perfumed by the heather As they blow; And the women in the uplands Digging praties, Speak a language that the strangers do not know, For the strangers came and tried to Teach us their way They scorned us just for being what we are; But they might as well go chasing after moonbeams, Or light a penny candle from a star And if there’s going to be a life Hereafter, And somehow I am sure there's going to be; I will ask my God to let me Make my heaven, In that dear land across the Irish Sea

(Arthur Colahan)


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Get Well Soon

Get Well soonI'm thinking about youGet well soonI'm lonely without youTry to smileAnd maybe tomorrowTears and sorrowWe'll all be through

Get well soonThe sun will be shiningYour return is my silver liningHave no fearsFor you know I love youOnly for you I'm prayingGet well soon

Only you I'm praying Get well soon

Have no fearsFor you know I love youOnly for you I'm prayingGet well soon

Only for you I'm praying Get well soon

Anthology CD1-01 /Ruby is a Gem 2-2

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Goin’ Co’tin’ (with D Decker/R Burns/R Harris)

(spoken) “Gee fellas, If you want to catch a girl you’re going about it the wrong way”There’s lots of things you gotta knowBe sure the palour lights are lowYou sidle up and squeeze her handLet me tell you fellars that it’s grand

You hum and haw a little whileShe gives you kinda half a smileYou cuddle up, she moves awayThen the strategy comes into play

Goin' courtin', goin' courtin'Oh it sets your senses in a whirlGoin' courtin', goin' courtin'Dudin' up to go and see a girlOh, it's fun to hunt and shoot a gun,Or to catch a rabbit on the runBut you'll find it's twice as sportin' Goin' courtin'

Goin' courtin', goin' courtin'You’re a sittin’ on the old setteeGoin' courtin', goin' courtin'She’s as shy and prim as she can beSo you purse your lips And take good aimAnd you bag the sweetest kinda gameBut that ain’t no bag you’re totin’Goin' courtin'

Goin' courtin', goin' courtin'Oh it sets your senses in a whirlGoin' courtin', goin' courtin'Dudin' up to go and see a girlSo you purse your lips And take good aimAfore I know it You have changed my nameGoin' courtin'!

Anthology CD1-07

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Good Luck, Good Health, God Bless You (with E Calvert/M Holliday)

Good luck, good health, God bless youThat’s all my heart can sayGood luck, good health, God bless youAnd guide you on your way

Good luck, good health, God bless youAnd keep youAnd keep me still in your heart

Good luck, good health, God bless youAnd guide you on your way

No matter where you wanderAs long as we’re apartGood luck, good health, God bless youAnd keep me still in your heart

Anthology CD2-04

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Goodbye Is The Loneliest Word I Know

Goodbye is the loneliest word I knowSo please don’t say goodbyeGoodbye is the only word I knowThat makes me want to cry

So press your lips to mine and sayMy darling I’ll come back To you someday

Goodbye is the loneliest word I knowSo please don’t say goodbye

So press your lips to mine and sayMy darling I’ll come back To you someday

Goodbye is the loneliest word I knowSo please don’t say goodbye

Don’t say goodbyeDon’t say goodbye

Anthology CD4-01

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Goodbye Jimmy, Goodbye

Goodbye, Jimmy, goodbyeGoodbye, Jimmy, goodbyeI'll see you again But I don't know whenGoodbye, Jimmy, goodbye

Wind is a-blowing, the rain starts to fallTrain is a-tooting it’s long, lonesome callWheels are clickin' their way Down the trackCountin' the days ‘Til he's comin' back

Goodbye, Jimmy, goodbyeGoodbye, Jimmy, goodbyeI'll see you again But I don't know whenGoodbye, Jimmy, goodbye

When he has travelled the land and the seaHe'll stop his roaming and come home to meGive me a kiss for Each tear and each sighTil then my Jimmy, My Jimmy, goodbye

Goodbye, Jimmy, goodbyeGoodbye, Jimmy, goodbyeI'll see you again but I don't know whenGoodbye, Jimmy, goodbyeGoodbye, Jimmy, goodbye


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Green Glens Of Antrim (The)

Far across yonder blueLies a true fairy landWith the sea rippling overThe shingle and sandWhere the gay honeysuckleIs luring the beeAnd the green glens of AntrimAre calling to meI would hope that a cabinClose down by the shoreAnd I’d knock with my heartAt the wee cabin doorWhile the sun showered goldIn the lap of the seaWhere the green glens of AntrimAre smiling on me‘Tis alone my concernIf the grandest surpriseWould be shining at meOut of somebody’s eyes‘Tis my private affairWhat my feelings would beWhile the green glens of AntrimWere welcoming meBut I go where the peopleAre simple and kindAnd among them the one who’s been high in my mindSure I pray that the world Would in peace let me beWhile the green glens of AntrimAre heaven to meIn the green glens of AntrimMy love waits for me

Anthology CD1-25

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Happy Days And Lonely Nights

With the parting of the waysYou took all my happy daysAnd left me lonely nights.Morning never comes too soonI can face the afternoonBut oh, those lonely nightsI feel your arms about me, Your kisses linger yet, You taught me how to love you, Now teach me to forgetYou broke my heart a million waysWhen you took my happy daysAnd left me lonely nights.

With the parting of the waysYou took all my happy daysAnd left me lonely nightsMorning never comes too soonI can face the afternoonBut oh, those lonely nights.I feel your arms about me, Your kisses linger yet, You taught me how to love you, Now teach me to forgetYou broke my heart a million waysWhen you took my happy daysAnd left me lonely But oh those lonely nights

Anthology CD1-09 /Ruby is a Gem 2-1 /Successes

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He’s A Pal Of Mine

Since I've known himHe's been by my sideMaybe early, maybe late at nightHe looks at me, and I can seeHe's a pal of mine

He's no King, he's got no pedigreebut he's faithful, and he's true to meIn rain or snow, I always knowHe's a pal of mine

People may forsake meFate may be unkindBut in all the world, a truer friend You'ill never find

When I'm sad and I need companyHe wags his tail and so he comforts meI pat his headTuck him to bedHe's a pal of mine

People may forsake meFate may be unkindBut in all the world, truer friendYou'll never find

When I'm sad and I need companyHe wags his tail and so he comforts meI pat his headTuck him to bedHe's a pal of mine

Anthology CD1-03 /Ruby is a Gem 2-2

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Heartbeat

Hear it, hear it, hear my heartbeatPounding, pounding like a drumLouder, louder, goes my heartbeatAs nearer, and nearer, and nearer you come

So hurry, hurry, says my heartbeatTake me, touch me, make me thrillFaster, faster, goes my heartbeatI try but I can’t keep it still

They say when a heart beats too wildlyThat it breaks like a toy balloonBut darling, that’s putting it mildlyCompared to what will happen to meIf something doesn’t happen soon

Listen, listen, to my heartbeatCrying, sighing, breathlesslyTell it, tell it, tell my heartbeatThat your heart beats for me

Listen, listen, to my heartbeatCrying, sighing, breathlesslyTell it, tell it, tell my heartbeatThat your heart beats for me


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Honestly I Do

Ask me, "Do I love you?"Honestly I doAsk me, "Do I want you?"Cross my heart it's trueEvery hour of every day,When we are apartYou don't seem so far awayYou're close within my heart

Ask me, "Do I need you?"Honestly I doAsk me, "Will my heart beYours for ever true?"Every day of every yearAll my whole life throughAsk me, "Do I love you?"Honestly I do!(instrumental)Honestly I do!(instrumental)Cross my heart it's true!

Every day of every yearAll my whole life throughAsk me, "Do I love you?"Honestly I do

Successes

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How Can You Buy Killarney?

An American landed on Erin's green isleHe gazed at Killarney with rapturous smile"How can I buy it?" he said to his guide"I'll tell you how" with a smile he replied

How can you buy all the stars in the skies?How can you buy two blue Irish eyes?How can you purchase a fond mother's sighs?How can you buy Killarney?

Nature bestowed all her gifts with a smilethe emerald, the shamrock, the Blarney.When you can buy all these wonderful thingsThen you can buy Killarney.(Orchestral Interlude)

Yes only when you can buy all these wonderful thingsThen you can buy Killarney

It's a Great Day for the Irish/When Irish Eyes Are Smiling 2-5

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How Did He Look?

So you ran into my former fianceYou saw him dancingLast night in some cafeGee, I haven’t seen him Since a year ago

And there are so many thingsI’m dying to knowHow did he look?Did he seem happy?While they were dancingDid he whisper things in her ear?And did he light her cigaretteWas he attentive?The way he used to be With me

What was she like?Was she attractiveWas there a smile upon his faceOr did he seem bored?Not that I really careI know our love affairCan never beBut how did he look?And did he ask about me?

Not that I really careI know our love affairCan never beBut how did he look?And did he ask about me?


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Humour Is On Me Now (The)

As I went went out one morningIt been the month of MayA farmer and his daughterI spied upon me wayAnd the girl sat down quite calmlyTo the milking of her cowSaying I must and I will get marriedFor the humour is on me nowAh, be quiet ye foolish daughterAnd hold your simple tongueYou’re better free and singleAnd happy while you’re youngBut the daughter shook her shouldersAnd milked her patient cowSaying I will and I must get marriedFor the humour’s on me now

Ah, sure who are you to turn meThat married young yourselfAnd took me darling motherFrom off the single shelfAh, sure daughter dear go easyAnd milk your patient cowFor a man may have his humourBut the humour is off me nowWell indeed I’ll tell me motherThe awful things you sayIndeed I’ll tell me motherThis very blessed dayOch now daughter have a heart dearYou’ll start a fearful rowSo I will unless I marry for the humour is on me now

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Humour Is On Me Now (The) - Cont

Och, if you must be marriedWill you tell me who’s the man?And quickly she did answerThere’s William, James and JohnA carpenter, a tailor and aMan to move the cowFor I will and I must get married for the humour is on me nowA carpenters a sharp man and a tailor’s hard to face with his legs across the table and his threads about the placeAh sure John’s a dreadful tyrant and never lacks a rowBut I will and I must get married for the humour is on me now

Well if you must be married will you tell me what you’ll do?Sure I will, the daughter answeredJust the same as ma and youI’ll be mistress of me dairyAnd me butter and me cowAnd your husband too I’ll venturefor the humour is on me now

So at last the daughter marriedAnd married well to doAnd loved her darling husbandFor a month, a year or twoBut John was all a tyrantAnd she quickly rued her vowI’m sorry that I did marryFor the humour is off - Me now

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Anthology CD3-01

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Hurry Home

Please won’t you hurry home,Hurry home, I miss you soHurry home I love youMore than you know

Wondering about youAnd wishing you were hereCounting every momentUntil I hold you nearAnd the tenderness ohAll the love that we knewWill be part of meFor all my life through


Never thought you’d leave meIt’s funny I supposeOnce you couldn’t live without meStill I guess that’s how life goesBut I’m nothing without youNo nothing at allTrying hard To hide the teardrops that fall


Hurry home I love youMore than you know

Anthology CD4-11

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I Know I’m Home

Little things I long to seeBlossom on the apple treeShining eyes to welcome meThen I know I’m home

Old log fire and cosy chairsGolliwogs and teddy bearsSleepy voices saying prayersThen I know I’m home

Hand in hand togetherHappiness we’ve knownThis is mine foreverAll my very own

When at last the day is throughI’m alone with someone whoSoftly whispersI love youThen I know I’m home

This is mine foreverAll my very own

When at last the day is throughI’m alone with someone whoSoftly whispersI love youThen I know - I’m home

Anthology CD1-21

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I’ll Come When You Call

I'll come when you call,When you give me the wordWith the speed of a birdI will fly to your side.

I'll come when you call,When I know you are nearAnd as soon as I hearI will run to your side.

You'll hold me and kiss me, And then, hand in hand,We'll wander together In love's wonderland

I'll come when you call,Be it stormy or fair,For what will I careIf I'm close by your side

You'll hold me and kiss me, And then, hand in hand,We'll wander together In love's wonderland

I'll come when you call,Be it stormy or fair,For what will I careIf I'm close by your side

Anthology CD1-14 /Everybody's Sweetheart

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I’ll Walk The Rest Of The Way

You’d better go no furtherHe’ll recognise your carAnd then there’ll be the devil to payLet me off at the corner loverI’ll walk the rest of the way

If he should see me with youHe’d start an awful fightAnd I don’t want to spoil Our perfect dayLet me off at the corner loverI’ll walk the rest of the way

He doesn’t love meI know, how well I knowWhat hateful things His jealous heart can do

He doesn’t want meAnd yet won’t let me goTo find some happiness With someone new

So darling please be patientI’ll work it out somehowThen I won’t have to Slip around and sayLet me off at the corner loverI’ll walk the rest of the way

I’ll walk the rest of the way

Anthology CD4-09

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I’m In Love With The Boy Next Door

I sit here alone at my windowAs I’ve done many times beforeHow can I let him knowI’m in love with the boy next door?

But how could I ever tell himHe’s the one that I’ll always adoreAre my tears all in vainI’m in love with the boy next door

If only he would spare a glance for meI would know in my heartThat we never would partAnd how happy we two could beBut one day he may come callingThere’ll be no need to dream any moreAnd to him I’ll confideOf this love deep insideThen I’ll know that I’ve captured the heart of the boy next door

But one day he may come callingThere’ll be no need to dream any moreAnd to him I’ll confideOf this love deep insideThen I’ll know that I’ve captured the heart of the boy next door

The boy next doorThe boy next door

Anthology CD4-10

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If Anyone Finds This, I Love You (with Anne Warren)

As I walked alongIn the country one day,At my feet there fluttered a noteI opened it upAnd to my great surpriseI read these strange words Someone wrote ;

"If anyone finds this, I love youI love you, I love youIf anyone finds this I love youHonest and truly I do” I smiled at the note Then I tossed it aside But it haunted me day and nightUntil I just had to retrace every stepIn hopes I might learn who would write

“If anyone finds this I love you, I love you, I love youIf anyone finds this I love youHonest and truly I do”

Nearby was a house with a sign on the doorAnd there “Home for Orphans “ I read,A small face looked down From a window at me,And somehow I knew who had said;

“If anyone finds this I love you I love you, I love youif anyone finds this I love youHonest and truly I do”

And then toward the window my heart seemed to soar I walked down the path, and I knocked at ... the Door

Anthology CD1-10 /If Anyone Finds This 45 /Successes

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If I Were A Blackbird

I am a young maidenAnd my story is sadFor once I was courted By a brave sailor ladHe courted me trulyBy night and by dayBut now he has left meAnd gone far away

If I were a blackbirdI'd whistle and singAnd I’d follow the ship That my true love sails in,And on the top rigging I'd there build my nestAnd pillow my head on His lily white breast

He promised to take meTo Donnybrook fairTo buy me red ribbonsTo tie up my hairAnd I know that somedayHe’ll come back o’er the tideThen surely he’ll make meHis own loving bride

If I were a blackbirdI'd whistle and singAnd I’d follow the ship That my true love sails in,And on the top rigging I'd there build my nestAnd I’d pillow my head on His lily white breast

Anthology CD4-24

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If You’re Irish Come Into The Parlour

If you're Irish come into the parlourThere's a welcome there for youAnd if your name is Timothy or PatSo long as you come from IrelandThere's a welcome on the mat!

If you come from the Mountains of Mour-neOr Killarney's lakes so blueWe'll sing you a song and make a fuss,Whoever you are you’re one of usIf you're Irish, this is the place for you!

If you're Irish come into the parlourThere's a welcome there for youAnd if your name is Timothy or PatSo long as you come from IrelandThere's a welcome on the mat!

If you come from the Mountains of Mour-neOr Killarney's lakes so blueWe'll sing you a song and make a fuss,Whoever you are you’re one of usIf you're Irish, this is the place for you!


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In Love

The things I say, give me awayThey always doIn love, in love, in love with youOh yes indeedYou’ve learned to read Me through and throughIn love, in love, in love with you

At first to me, you didn’t seeHow much I care, you weren’t awareThat I was thereBut now I know, my heart will goOn smiling throughIn love, in love, in love with you

In love, in love, in love with you

At first to me, you didn’t seeHow much I care, you weren’t awareThat I was thereBut now I know, my heart will goOn smiling throughIn love, in love, in love with you

Anthology CD2-06

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In My Life

In my lifeI have foundBeauty hereAll aroundPeople dreamOf fantasyBut our loveIs real to me

In my lifeI have knowGood and badOf my ownBut I’m sureI’ll someday seeThat true love will shine for me

So many dreams that I’ve gone throughBut I found my bestWhen I found youIn my lifeI have seenWhat lonelinessCan really meanWhat a thrillMy life will beMy searching’s doneYou’ve come to me

In my lifeI have knowGood and badOf my ownBut I’m sureI’ll someday seeThat true love will shine for me

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In My Life (cont)

So many dreams that I’ve gone throughBut I found my bestWhen I found youIn my lifeI have seenWhat lonelinessCan really meanWhat a thrillMy life will beMy searching’s doneYou’ve come to meYou’ve come to me

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Anthology CD2-17

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Isle Of Innisfree

I've met some folks who say That I'm a dreamer,And I've no doubt There's truth in what they say, But sure a body's bound to be a dreamer When all the things he loves are far away And precious things Are dreams unto an exile.They take him o'er the land Across the sea --Especially when it happens He's an exile From that dear lovely Isle of Inisfree

And when the moonlight Peeps across the rooftopsOf this great city, Wondrous though it be,I scarcely feel its wonderOr its laughter.I'm once again back home in Inisfree

But dreams don't lastThough dreams are not forgottenAnd soon I'm back to stern realityBut though they pave the footways here with gold dust,I still would choose the Isle of Inisfree

(song by Dick Farrelly)Anthology CD4-25

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It Only Hurts For A Little While

It only hurts for a little whileThat’s what they tell meThat’s what they sayIt only hurts for a little whileThen all your heartachesWill pass awayIt’s so easy to be smartWith somebody else’s heartBut I don’t know how to startForgetting youWhat can I do?

It only hurts for a little whileThat’s what they tell meJust wait and seeBut I will hurt‘Til you come backTo me

It’s so easy to be smartWith somebody else’s heartBut I don’t know how to startForgetting youWhat can I do?

It only hurts for a little whileThat’s what they tell meJust wait and seeBut I will hurt‘Til you come backTo me

Anthology CD2-02

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It’s A Great Day For The Irish

Oh, I woke me up this morning And I heard a joyful songFrom the throats of happy Irishmen, a hundred thousand strongSure it was the Hibernian BrigadeLining up for to start the big paradeSo I fetched me Sunday bonnet and the flag I love so wellAnd I bought meself a shamrock just to wear in me lapelDon't you know that today's March seventeen?It's the day for the wearing of the green..

It's a Great day for the Irishit's a Great day for fairThe sidewalks of New York are thick with BlarneyFor sure you'd think New York was Old Killarney

It's a Great day for the Shamrock, For the flags in full arrayWe're feeling so inspirish, sure because of all the IrishIt's a Great, Great day.....

Begosh, there's not a cop to stop the raidingBegorrah all the cops are out parading!

It's a great day for the Shamrock, for the flags in full arrayAnd as we go a-swinging, every Irish heart is singingIt's a Great, Great day

It's a Great Day for the IrishEP/When Irish Eyes Are Smiling 2-2

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It’s The Irish In Me

When I walk, when I talk,It’s the Irish in meMakes me walk, makes me talkWith a difference you see‘Tis a touch of the Blarney I ownThere’s part of my heartThat is Ireland’s alone

When I smile, I beguileAnd I don’t have to tryFor they all, seem to fallFor the gleam in my eyeSure St Patrick himself would agreeThat it must be the Irish in me

When I walk, when I talk,It’s the Irish in meMakes me walk, makes me talkWith a difference you see‘Tis a touch of the Blarney I ownThere’s part of my heartThat is Ireland’s alone

When I smile, I beguileAnd I don’t have to tryFor they all, seem to fallFor the gleam in my eyeSure St Patrick himself would agreeThat it must be the Irish in me

Sure, it must be the Irish in me

Anthology CD1-15 /Everybody's Sweetheart/Your Favourite Colleen

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Jimmy Unknown

Who will be my Jimmy unknownSomeone to love meAnd call me his ownOver the mountainOver the seaSomewhere, my JimmyIs waiting for me

Will he be handsomeWill he be strong?Lifting my heartLike a beautiful song

Over the mountainOver the seaSomewhere, my JimmyIs waiting for me

The day I surrenderMy lips to his charmsMy secret of loveWill be lost in his arms

Who will be my Jimmy unknownSomeone who neverWould leave me alone

Over the mountainOver the seaSomewhere, my JimmyIs waiting for me

Come to meCome to meJimmy unknown

Anthology CD4-23

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Johnnie Gray (live)I went to the market on MondayIn dear old BallybayAnd who did I see with a drove of cowsBut handsome Johnnie GreyWith his hair so brownAnd his eyes so blueSure he stole my heart awayAnd long did I sighAnd I thought that I would dieFor the love of Johnnie Grey

I went to the chapel on SundayMy prayers I meant to sayBut when that Johnnie smiled at meMy prayers all went astrayAnd though Father DanGave a sermon thenIn his good and kindly waySure I know it was a sinBut I never took it inAll because of Johnnie Grey

I went out riding on TuesdayUpon a load of hayThen who got up beside me thereBut that rogue Johnnie GreySure my heart stood stillWhen he smiled at meIn is own dear teasing wayThen he tried to steal a kissAnd I hoped he wouldn’t missFor I love that Johnnie Grey

I’m going to the chapel on ThursdayTo marry Johnnie GreyAnd know I know that he loves me wellSince that dear market dayAnd sure Father DanWill think I’m a QueenIn my dress so fine and gayAnd I know he will agreeI’ll be happy as can beWhen I Marry Johnnie GreyAnthology CD4-16

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Keep Smiling At Trouble

Keep smiling at troubleFor trouble’s a bubbleAnd bubbles will soon go awayWith never sadnessAnd nothing but gladnessWe’d weary of life in a day

Be like the violets that doze‘Neath the chill Winter snowsThey bravely wait for the May

So keep smiling at troubleFor trouble’s a bubbleAnd bubbles will soon go away

When you learned that lifeIs what you make itThen you know the secret of it all

Find your share of happiness And take itMake life a songAs you go along

Keep smiling at troubleFor trouble’s a bubble

With never sadnessAnd nothing but gladness

Be like the violets that doze‘Neath the chill Winter snowsThey bravely wait for the May

So keep smiling at troubleFor trouble’s a bubbleAnd bubbles will soon go away

Away, those troubles and bubbles will soon go away


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Last Mile Home (The)

The longest mileIs the last mile homeWhen you’ve been awayThe dearest dreamsAre the dreams of homeWhen you been awayYou travel farOver land and seaThen one dayIt’s as clear as can beThe sweetest mileYou’ll ever roamIs the last mile home

You travel farOver land and seaThen one dayIt’s as clear as can beThe sweetest mileYou’ll ever roam

Is the last mile home

Anthology CD3-20

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Let Him Go, Let Him Tarry

Let him go, let him tarryLet him sink or let him swimHe doesn’t care for meNor I don’t care for himHe can go and get anotherThat I hope he will enjoyFor I’m going to marryA far nicer boy

Farewell to cold WinterSummer’s come at lastNothing have I gainedBut my true love I have lostI’ll sing and I’ll be happyLike the birds upon the treeFor since he deceived meI care no more for he

Let him go, let him tarryLet him sink or let him swimHe doesn’t care for meNor I don’t care for himHe can go and get anotherThat I hope he will enjoyFor I’m going to marryA far nicer boy

Anthology CD4-13

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Let Me Go, Lover

Oh let me goLet me goLet me go, loverLet me be, set me free From your spellYou made me weak Cut me deep, I can't sleep loverI was cursed From the first day I fell

You don't want meBut you want me to go on wanting youHow I pray that you will say that we’re through

Please turn me looseWhat's the useLet me go loverLet me goLet me goLet me go

How I pray that you will say that we’re throughPlease turn me looseWhat's the useLet me go loverLet me goLet me goLet me go

Let me go loverLet me go

Anthology CD1-08 /Ruby is a Gem 1-1 /Your Favourite Colleen

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Little Bit Of Heaven (A)

Sure a little bit of heavenFell out the sky one dayAnd it nestledOn the oceanIn a spot so far awayAnd when the angels found itSure it looked so sweet and fairThey said “Suppose we leave it?”“Cause it looks so peaceful there”So they sprinkled it with stardustJust to make the shamrock growIt’s the only place you’ll find itNo matter where you goThen they dotted it with silverJust to make it’s lakes so grandAnd when they had it finishedSure they called it Ireland

And when the angels found itSure it looked so sweet and fairThey said “Suppose we leave it?”“Cause it looks so peaceful there”So they sprinkled it with stardustJust to make the shamrock growIt’s the only place you’ll find itNo matter where you goThen they dotted it with silverJust to make it’s lakes so grandAnd when they had it finishedSure they called it Ireland

Anthology CD2-23

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Little One

Kiss your Ma and kiss your Pa Then you can pray to him afarClose your eyes, go to sleepLittle One

You can dream of fairies dear And of nursery rhymes you hearClose your eyes go to sleep Little one If you're good from day to day I will bring you games to play And I will come just to sing you To sleep You are Mummy's pet you know And your Daddy loves you so Close you eyes go to sleep Little One

If you're good from day to day I will bring you games to play And I will come just to sing you To sleep You are Mummy's pet you know And your Daddy loves you so Close your eyes go to sleep Little One Close your eyes go to sleep Little One Anthology CD2-19 /Real Love 45

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Little White LiesThe moon was all aglowAnd heaven was in your eyesThe night that you told meThose little white liesThe stars though seemed to knowThat you didn’t mean all those sighsThe night that you told meThose little white lies

I try but there’s is no forgettingWhen evening appearsI sigh, but there’s no regrettingIn spite of my tearsThe devil was in your heart,But heaven was in your eyesThe night that you told meThose little white lies

The moon was all aglowAnd heaven was in your eyesThe night that you told meThose little white lies

The stars all seemed to knowThat you didn’t mean all those sighsThe night that you told meThose little white lies

I try but there’s no forgettingWhen evening appearsI sigh, but there’s no regrettingIn spite of my tears

Who wouldn’t believe those lips?Whoever could doubt those eyes?The night that you told me, The night that you told meThe night that you told me Those little white lies

Your Favourite Colleen

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Living For The Day

Living for the dayThe day when I can say You’re mineI’m only livingLiving for the dayThe day I kiss your lips, divineI’m only livingSaving all my love, dreaming only ofGiving all my love to you

Living for the night,The night my arms can hold you tightI’m only livingLiving for the right The right to love you day and nightFor you I’m livingSaving all my love, and dreaming only ofGiving all my love to you

I’m only livingFor you I’m living

Saving all my love, and dreaming only ofGiving all my love to you

Living for the dayThe day when I can say You’re mineI’m only livingLiving for the dayThe day I kiss your lips, divineFor you livingSaving all my love, dreaming only ofGiving all my love to you

Anthology CD3-25

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Love’s Old Sweet Song

Still to us at twilight Comes Love's old song,Comes Love's old sweet song

Once in the dear dead days beyond recall,When on the world the mists began to fall,Out of the dreams that rose in happy throngLow to our hearts Love sang an old sweet songAnd in the dusk where fell the firelight gleam,Softly it wove itself into our dream.

Just a song at twilight, When the lights are low,And the flick'ring shadows Softly come and go,Tho' the heart be weary, Sad the day and long,Still to us at twilight comes Love's old song,Comes Love's old sweet song

Still to us at twilight comes Love's old song,Comes Love's old sweet song

Music by J.L. Molloy;words by G. Clifton Bingham

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MacNamara’s Band (live)

Me name is MacNamara, I'm the leader of the band. And though we're small in number We're the best in all the land.

I am the conductorAnd we often have to play with all the best musicianersYour hear about today

And the drums go bang, And the cymbals clang, And the horns they blaze away McCarthy pumps the old bassoon While all the pipes do play; Hennessey Tennessee tootles the flute, My word it's somethin' grand; A credit to old Ireland is McNamara's band.

Tra la la, Tra la la la - laTra la la la la la la la laTra la la, Tra la la la - laTra la la la la la la la la

We play at wakes and weddings And at every country ball, At every great man's funeral We play the dead marching song.

When the Prince of WalesTo Ireland cameHe shook me by the handAnd said he'd never heard the likesof MacNamara's band

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MacNamara’s Band (live) - cont

Oh! The drums go bang, And the cymbals clang, And the horns they blaze away; McCarthy pumps the old bassoon While I the pipes do play; Hennessey Tennessee tootles the flute, And the music is somethin' grand; A credit to old Ireland is McNamara's band

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Tra la la, Tra la la la - laTra la la la la la la la laTra la la, Tra la la la - laTra la la la la la la la la

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Macushla Mine

The winds that blow across the sea From IrelandCome laden with the salt of Irish foamSure, I never seem to hear them But they whisperMacushla mine, When are ye comin’ home

And when they reach the borders Of our cities,And down our narrow streets And lanes they roam,To me it always seems A thousand pities That when they’re lonely here, They can’t blow home.

I do not blame the wayward winds Not knowing,They measure hours by Standards of their own, Sure, they’ve never heard the Wild bird on a brown bough cry,

Macushla mine, When are ye comin’ home

When are ye comin’ home

Anthology CD2-11 /It's a Great Day for the Irish/Your Favourite Colleen

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Meeting Of The Waters (the)

There is not in this wide-worldA valley so sweetAs that vale in whose bosom,The bright waters meetOh, the last rays of feelingAnd life must departEre the bloom of that valley Will fade from my heartEre the bloom of that valleyWill fade from my heart

Yet it was not that natureHad shed o’er the sceneHer purest of crystalAnd brightest of green‘Twas not her soft magicOf streamlet or hillOh, no it was somethingMore exquisite stillOh, no it was somethingMore exquisite still

Sweet vale of Avuka?How can could I restIn thy bosom I shared with The friends I love bestWhere the storms that we That we And our heartsLike thy watersBe mingled in peace

And our heartsLike thy watersBe mingled in peace

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Message from Jimmy (A)

I had a message from JimmyBrought by a handsome boyAnd in that message from JimmyHe said I’m his pride and joy

I asked him howIs Jimmy?I asked the handsome boyHe said that Jimmy was yearningO’er his pride and joyBut as time went byThis boy and ISaw each other dayAnd as time went byI knew that IWas falling in lve to stayNow I sent a message to JimmyI said in all honestyThat my pride and joyIs the handsome young boyWho brought Jimmy’s message to me

Now I sent a message to JimmyThat my pride and joyIs the handsome boyWho brought Jimmy’s message to me

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Mick McGilligan’s Ball

Michael McGilligan one fine dayGot a lot of money from the USAAll through the death of his uncle JoeHe got a million and a half or soSays McGilligan: "I'll give a fancy ballDown at the old ancestral hall"Invited the neighbours everyoneFor to have some music and some rare old fun

So they all went down to Mick McGilligan's ballWhere they had to tear the paper off the wallTo make room for all the people in the hallOh, the girls and boys made a devil of a noise At Mick McGilligan's ball

All of the neighbours came from near and farMulligan arrived there in a motor carOld Missus O'Reilly, bless her heartCame with the family in a donkey cartPat O'Rafferty arrived in an aeroplaneYou'll never see the like againAnd there was a shout when The two old SkinsCame along at a gallop with two Miss Quinns

And they all went down to Mick McGilligan's ballWhere they had to tear the paper off the wallTo make room for all the people in the hallOh, the girls and boys made a devil of a noise At Mick McGilligan's ball

Fluters and fiddlers danced aroundDrumming on the drum made a lovely soundThey blew a gale on the old tromboneThen reeled and rollicked to the piper's droneWhen they'd finished with the whiskey, beer and wineThey took a hand in "Auld Lang Syne"There ne'r was the like I do declareAs that grand old hooley down in sweet Kildare

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Mick McGilligan’s Ball (cont)

When they all went down to Mick McGilligan's ballWhere they had to tear the paper off the wallTo make room for all the people in the hallOh, the girls and boys made a devil of a noise At Mick McGilligan's ball

B-A- double L – Ball

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Mr Wonderful

Why this feeling? Why this glow?Why the thrill When you say Hello?It's a strange and Tender magic you doMister Wonderful, that's you

Why this trembling when you speakWhy this joy When you touch my cheekI must tell you What my heart knows is trueMister Wonderful, that's you

And why this longing To know your charmsTo spend forever here in your arms

Oh there's much more I could sayBut the words Keep slipping awayAnd I'm left with only One point of viewMister Wonderful, that's you

One more thing, Then I'm throughMister WonderfulMister WonderfulMister Wonderful, I love you!


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Music Maestro Please

Tonight, I mustn’t think of himMusic maestro pleaseTonight, tonight I must forgetThose precious hoursBut no hearts and flowersPlay your lilting melodiesRagtime, jazztime, swingAny old thingTo help me ease the painThat’s all that you can do

He used to like waltzesSo please don’t play a waltzHe danced divinelyAnd I loved him soBut there I goTonight I mustn’t think of himNo more memoriesSo play tonightI must forgetMusic maestro please

He used to like waltzesSo please don’t play a waltzHe danced divinelyAnd I loved him soBut there I goTonight I mustn’t think of himNo more memoriesSo play tonightI must forgetMusic maestro please

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My Little Corner Of The World

Oh, Come along with me To my little corner of the world And dream a little dream In my little corner of the worldYou’ll soon forgetThere’s any other placeTonight my love,We'll share a sweet embrace

And if you care to stayIn my little corner of the worldThen we can hide awayIn my little corner of the worldI always knew, I'd find someone like you So welcome toMy little corner of the world.

And if you care to stayIn my little corner of the worldThen we can hide away In my little corner of the world I always knewI'd find someone like you So welcome to My little corner of the world

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Nevertheless (I’m In Love With You)Maybe I’m rightAnd maybe I’m wrongMaybe I’m weakAnd maybe I’m strongBut nevertheless, I’m in love with you(Nevertheless I’m in love with you)

Maybe I’ll winAnd maybe I’ll loseMaybe I’m in for Crying the bluesBut nevertheless I’m in love with you

Somehow I know at a glanceThe terrible chancesI’m takingFine at the startThen left with a heartThat is breaking

Maybe I’ll live a life of regretMaybe I’ll giveMuch more than I getBut nevertheless, I’m in love with you

Somehow I know at a glanceThe terrible chancesI’m takingFine at the startThen left with a heartThat is breaking (A heart that’s breaking)

Maybe I live a life of regretMaybe I’ll giveMuch more than I getBut nevertheless, I’m in love with, Nevertheless, I’m in love with, Nevertheless, I’m in love with you

Your Favourite Colleen

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Nora Malone

Oh, Number one two three fourWhy don’t you telephoneNora Malone

Nora MaloneCall me by phoneNumber one two three fourCentral don't forget the number when you slumberOpen your eyesWhen you ariseHear all the blarney of your BarneyBarney from Killarney

Colleens are few There's none like youIn the old town of AthloneWisha wurra wurra wurra wurraOld Erin's Isle Could not make me smileWithout Nora Malone

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(By Albert von Tilzer, who also wrote Take Me Out To The Ballgame

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Now Is The Hour (Haere Ra)

(Now is the hour)

Now is the hourWhen we must say good-byeSoon you'll be sailingFar across the seaWhile you're awayOh, then remember meWhen you returnYou'll find me waiting here

"Now Is the Hour" is a popular song, though often described as a traditional Maori song. It is usually credited to Clement Scott, Maewa Kaihau & Dorothy Stewart

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O’Malley’s Tango

They call him Pacho Rodrequez O’MalleyEver since he spent a holiday in SpainHe’s not Patrick anymoreNow he calls himself SenorAnd he’s got the Tango in his veins

When he romances the girls In the valleyWith guitar he sings them Spanish serenadesThough an Irish jig’s alrightEvery dancing village nightBy request he has the Tango playedO’Malley’s TangoYou’ll know when they begin it‘Cause O’Malley’s TangoHas got a bit of Irish in it

Yes, Senor Pacho Rodrequez O’MalleyIs a Blarney boy who’s so MagnificoHe’s made sadder day than nightFor a famous Irish sightWhen the village does O’Malleys Tango

O’Malleys TangoYou’ll know when they begin it‘Cause O’Malley’s TangoHas got a bit of Irish in it!

Dear Senor Pacho Rodrequez O’MalleyIs a Blarney boy who’s so MagnificoHe’s made sadder day than nightFor a famous Irish sightWhen the village does

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Passing Strangers

We seem like passing strangers nowHow can you hurry by?There were never two who lovedHalf as much as you and IWe seem like passing strangers nowFunny how things can changeWe were so inseparableNow you're acting very strangeThe hands I used to touchDon't even wave helloHow I miss your lips you'll never know

If you would only turn to meSpeak my name just once moreYou might find right there and thenStrangers can be lovers again

If you would only turn to meSpeak my name just once moreYou might find right there and thenStrangers can be lovers

Strangers can be lovers -

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Pennies From Heaven

Every time it rains, it rains, Pennies from heavenDon’t you know each cloud contains pennies from heavenYou’ll find your fortune falling all over townBe sure that you umbrella is upside down

Trade them for a package ofSunshine and flowersIf you want the things you love, You must have showersSo when you hear thunder Don’t run under a treeThey’ll be pennies from heaven, For you and for me

Trade them for a package ofSunshine and flowersIf you want the things you love, You must have showersSo when you hear thunder Don’t run under a treeThere’ll be pennies from heaven, For you and for me

There’ll be pennies from heaven, For you and for me

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Phil The Fluter’s Ball

Have you heard of Phil the fluterOf the town of BallymuckTimes were going hard with himIn fact the man was brokeHe just served a noticeTo the neighbours one and allAs how he'd like their companyThat evening at a ball

And when writing outHe was careful to suggest to themIf they found a hat of his Convenient to the doorThe more they put inWhenever he requested themThe better would the music beFor battering in the floor

With a toot on the fluteAnd a twiddle of the fiddle-ohHopping in the middle Like a herring on the griddle-ohUp, down, hands aroundAnd crossing to the wallOh, hadn't we the gaietyAt Phil the Fluter's ball

There was Mister Dennis DohertyWho kept a running dogA little crooked PaddyFrom the Tiraloughett bogBoys from every baronyAnd girls from every artThe beautiful Miss BradyIn a private ass and cart

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Phil The Fluter’s Ball (cont)Along with themCame the bouncing Mrs CaffertyLittle Mickey MulliganWas also to the foreRose, Suzanne and Margaret O'RaffertyThe flower of TippararyAnd the pride of Petravore

With a toot on the fluteAnd a twiddle on the fiddle-ohHopping in the middle Like a herring on the griddle-ohUp, down, hands aroundCrossing to the wallOh, hadn't we the gaietyAt Phil the Fluter's ball

Then Phil the fluter tipped a winkTo little crooked PatI think it's nearly time, says heFor passing round the hatSo Paddy passed the caipín round And looking very cuteSaid, you have to pay the piper When he tootlng on the flute

All joined in With the greatest jovialityCoverin' the buckle And the shuffle and the cutJigs were danced Of the very finest qualityThe widow bate the company At handlin' the foot

With a toot on the fluteAnd a twiddle on the fiddle-ohHopping in the middle Like a herring on the griddle-ohUp, down, hands aroundAnd crossing to the wallOh, hadn't we the gaiety At Phil the Fluter's ball!

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Pianissimo

I hear the music playSo soft and lowIt speaks to me of lovePianissimo

And with the music comesThe voice I knowTo whisper words of lovePianissimo

The gentleness of youYour tender touchHow sweet your kisses tooThey mean so much

And while I hear you sayI love you soOh let the music playPianissimo

How sweet your kisses tooThey mean so much

And while I hear you sayI love you soOh let the music playPianissimo

PianissimoPianissimo

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Please Hold Me Tightly

Please hold me tightly And tell me you love me, my love

Please hold me tightlyI’ll try not to cryPromise you’ll write meBy and by

Leave your address dearYou almost forgotGood luck and God bless youI’ll miss you a lotSay you’ll remember this last embraceSay you’ll treasure my photographIt’s the one where I’ve gotSuch a funny faceThe one that always makes you laugh

I’ll pray for you nightlyYou’ll live in my heartBut please hold me tightlyBefore we part

I’ll pray for you every nightAnd I promise I’ll try not to cryBut please hold me tightlyBefore you say goodbye

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Pretty Irish Girl (A)

You are my dear, my darlin' oneYour eyes so sparklin' full of funNo other, no otherCan match the likes of youOh, You are my dear, my darlin' oneMy smilin' and beguilin' oneI love the ground she walks uponMy pretty Irish girl

Have you ever seen the morningIn Kerry and Killarny When the dew is on the hayrick And ev'ry one a pearlWhen the geese are full of blarney And the thrush is singing Gaelic And standing in the doorway Is a Pretty Irish Girl

Oh she is my dear, my darlin' oneHer eyes so sparklin' full of funNo other, no otherCan match the likes of herOh, You are my dear, my darlin' oneMy smilin' and beguilin' oneI love the ground she walks uponMy pretty Irish girl

Have you ever seen the seagullsA-flyin' o'er the heatherOr the crimson sails on Galway BayThe fishermen unfurlOh, the earth is filled with beautyAnd its gathered all togetherIn the form and face and dainty graceOf a pretty Irish girl

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Pretty Irish Girl (A) - Cont

You are my dear, my darlin' oneYour eyes so sparklin' full of funNo other, no otherCan match the likes of youOh, You are my dear, my darlin' oneMy smilin' and beguilin' oneI love the ground she walks uponMy pretty Irish girl

I love the ground she walks uponMy pretty Irish girlI love the ground he walks uponMy pretty Irish girl

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Pretty Pretty

Dream of meOh, my pretty, prettyShu, shu, shuDream of me, my love

I wish my love could keep youAlways here, by my sideBut when the sea starts calling youYou go with the tide


Tonight the moon is shiningAnd it lights up the seaBut soon the fishing boats will comeAnd take you from meMy heart will go along with youAnd make a fine wishI hope you catch the moon tonightThe big silver dish


You’ll never pull the moon downAnd the night will turn blackAnd then I sleepBecause I know My love will come back

Dream of meOh, my pretty, prettyShu, shu, shuDream of me, my love, Dream of me, my love

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Promises Were Made To Be Broken

PromisesYou made now are brokenLa la la la la la la laPromisesYou made now are brokenOnly fools in love can live on Promises

I can remember when you told meThere would never be anyone onlyMe

I can remember the words you saidBut now you’re holding her instead Of me

Every dream turned out to be a heartacheNow we’re through, I’m losing youIt breaks my heart to see youWalk away

PromisesYou made now are brokenLa la la la la la la laPromisesYou made now are brokenOnly fools in love can live on Promises

PromisesYou made now are brokenLa la la la la la la laPromisesYou made now are brokenOnly fools in love can live on PromisesPromisesPromises

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Real Love

Real love, La la la la la la la la

You don’t have to buy me diamondsYou don’t have to buy me clothesAll I want from you is real loveThe kind of love that grows and grows

La la la la la la la la

You don’t have to buy me flowersOr pretty ribbons for my hairAll I want from you is real loveThe kind of love that we can share

Real love, oh let it be real loveI only feel love whenever you’re near


We don’t need a fancy weddingOn a special day in springAll I want from you is real loveWrapped up in a tiny ring

Real love, oh let it be real loveI only feel love whenever you’re near


We don’t need a fancy wedding On a special day in springAll I want from you is real loveWrapped up in a tiny ring

La la la la la la la la la

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Scarlet Ribbons

I peeked in to say goodnightAnd then I heard my child in prayer"And for me, some scarlet ribbonsScarlet ribbons for my hair"

All the stores were closed and shatteredAll the streets were dark and bareIn our town, no scarlet ribbonsNot one ribbon for her hair

Through the night my heart was achingJust before the dawn was breakingI peeked in and on her bedIn gay profusion lying thereLovely ribbons, scarlet ribbonsScarlet ribbons for her hair

If I live to be two hundredI will never know from whereCame those lovely scarlet ribbonsScarlet ribbons for her hair


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Slowly With Feeling

I love to hear a songPlayed slowly, with feelingEspecially when I’m dancingWith you

It gives me time to kiss youSlowly, with feelingAnd whisper I adore youI do

With your arms around meAnd you so hearI guess I’ll spend the restOf my life right here


With your arms around meAnd you so hearI guess I’ll spend the restOf my life right here


SlowlySlowlyJust when I’m dancingWith you

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Smile

Smile, though your heart is achingSmile, even though it’s breakingWhen there are clouds in the skyyou’ll get byIf you smile through your fear and sorrowSmile and maybe tomorrowYou’ll see the sun come shining throughfor youLight up your face with gladnessHide every trace of sadnessAlthough a tear may be ever so nearThat’s the time you must keep on tryingSmile what’s the use of cryingYou’ll find that life is still worthwhileIf you’ll justSmile

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Softly, Softly

Softly, softly come to meTouch my lips so tenderlySoftly, softly turn the keyAnd open up my heart

Handle me with gentlenessAnd say you'll leave me neverIn the warmth of your caressMy love will live for ever and ever

So... softly, softly come to meTouch my lips so tenderlySoftly, softly turn the keyAnd open up my heart

Softly, softly turn the keyAnd open up my heart

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Something Old, Something New

Something old, something newSomething borrowed, something blueThat’s the song people singTo the bride

Something old, something newSince he’s gone, I’m so blueCrying tears that I shedDeep inside

Oh, the love that I once sharedwith himNew, her arms that hold him tightBorrowed, that’s my best friend Who’s there with himBlue, that’s me all day and night

Something old, something newSomething borrowed, something blueThat’s the song people singTo the bride

Something old, our old loveSomething new, their new loveSomething borrowed, this old songSince he’s gone

Something Blue,My whole world From now on

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Spring, Spring, Spring (with D Decker/Rburns/R Harris

Oh, the barnyard is busy, In a regular tizzyAnd the obvious reason Is because of the seasonMa Nature's lyrical With her yearly miracleSpring, Spring, Spring

All the henfolk are hatchin', while their menfolk are scratchin'To ensure the survival of each brand new arrivalEach nest is twittering, they're all babysitteringSpring, Spring, Spring

It's a beehive of budding son and daughter lifeEvery family has plans in viewEven down in the brook, the underwater lifeIs forever blowin' bubbles too

Every male little MallardHonks a heart-rending balladFrom the stream where he sloshesIn his web-foot galoshesEager go brimminglyWe’ll get along swimminglySpring, Spring, Spring

Every field wears a bonnetWith some Spring daises on itEven birds of a featherShow their clothes off togetherSun’s getting shineryTo spotlight the finerySpring, Spring, Spring

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Spring, Spring, Spring - Cont

From his eyrie, the eagleWith his eagle eyeGazes down across his eagle beakHe’s a fixin’ his lady with the legal eyeScreams, “suppose we set the date this week?”

Yes siree Spring disposesThat it’s all one supposesIt’s a real bed of rosesWaggin tails rubbin’ nosesEach day is Mother’s dayThe next is some other’s dayWhere love is King....

It’s Spring, Spring, Spring

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Sweetheart Of All My Dreams

I love you, I love you, I love you,Sweetheart of all my dreams;I love you, I can't live without you,My life is empty, it seems.

You may do what you may,Whatever you say,You know that I'll always love you this way!

I love you, I love you, I love you,Sweetheart of all my dreams;It seems,Sweetheart of all my dreams.

You may do what you may,Whatever you say,You know that I'll always love you this way!

I love you, love you, more and more I'll always love you,Sweetheart of all my dreams,It seemsYou are my sweetheart of all my dreams

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Tammy Tell Me True

Please tell me doAnd tell me trueIs Tammy in loveWish I knew, wish I knewIs Tammy in love?

Oh evening breeze,Please ask the treesThen whisper to meAnd when you doPlease tell me trueIs Tammy in love?

For Tammy lovedNot long agoDid Tammy love him true?Has Tammy lost her heart once moreTo a love that’s new

Please tell me doAnd tell me trueCan this be true loveWish I knew, indeed I doIs Tammy in love

For Tammy lovedNot long agoDid Tammy love him true?Has Tammy lost her heart once moreTo a love that’s new

Please tell me trueAnd tell me doCan this be true loveWish I knew, indeed I doIs Tammy, Tammy, Tammy In love

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Teddy O’Neil

Teddy O’NeillTeddy O’NeillOh, I’ve seen the mud cabinHe danced his wild jigs inAs neat a mud palaceAs ever was seenAnd considering it servedTo keep poultry and pigs inI’m sure it was always Kept tidy and clean

But now all around is so sad And so drearyAnd is so silent no piper, no reelNot even the sun Through the window shines clearlySince I lost my darling boyTeddy O’Neill

Shall I ever forgetWhen the big ship was readyThe moment had comeWhen my love must departHow I sobbed like a childSure, goodbye to you TeddyWith tears on my cheekAnd a stone at me heart

He said it’s to better His fortune he’s rovingBut what would be Gold to the joy I would feelIf I saw him come back to meHonest and lovingStill poor, But my own darlingTeddy O’NeillTeddy O’Neill

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Teddy O’Neil (LIVE)

Teddy O’NeillTeddy O’NeillOh, I’ve seen the mud cabinHe danced his wild jigs inAs neat a mud palaceAs ever was seenAnd considering it servedTo keep poultry and pigs inI’m sure it was always Kept tidy and clean

But now all around is so sad And so drearyAnd is so silent no piper, no reelNot even the sun Through the window shines clearlySince I lost my darling boyTeddy O’Neill

Shall I ever forgetWhen the big ship was readyThe moment had comeWhen my love must departHow I sobbed like a childSure, goodbye to you TeddyWith tears on my cheekAnd a stone at me heart

He said it’s to better His fortune he’s rovingBut what would be Gold to the joy I would feelIf I saw him come back to meHonest and lovingStill poor, But my own darlingTeddy O’NeillTeddy O’Neill

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That Look In My Eye

My spirits are highI go round with that look in my eyeWhich just goes to showWhat a first love can do

When you pass me byTake a look at that look in my eyeAnd you’ll realiseWhat I’m saying is true

I’ve found himFound the boy to adoreHe’s promised to be mine ever more

So now you know whyI go round with that look in my eyeAnd just to make sureTake a look and you’ll seeThat he’s got that look in his eye Over me

I’ve found himFound the boy to adoreHe’s promised to be mine ever more

So now you know whyI go round with that look in my eyeAnd just to make sureTake a look and you’ll seeThat he’s got that look in his eye Over me

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The Mountains Of Mourne

Oh, Darling, this London,A wonderful sightWith people here working By day and by nightThey don't grow potatoes, nor barley, nor wheatBut there's gangs o’ them Digging for gold in the streetAt least when I asked them That's what I was toldSo I just took a hand at this Diggin' for goldBut for all that I found there I might as well beWhere the Mountains of Mourne Sweep down to the sea

You remember young Peter O'Loughlin, of courseWell, now he is here at the Head of the forceI met him today, I was crossing the StrandAnd he stopped the whole street with one wave of his handAnd there we stood talkin' Of days that are goneWhile the whole population of London looked onBut for all that I’ve found here I wish I could beWhere the Mountains of Mourne Sweep down to the sea


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Till We Meet Again

Smile the whileYou kiss me sad adieuWhen the clouds roll byI’ll come to youThen the skies will seemMore blueDown in lovers laneMy dearieWedding bells will ring so merrilyEvery tear will be a memorySo wait and prayEach night for me‘Til we meet again

Then the skies will seemMore blueDown in lovers laneMy dearieWedding bells will ring so merrilyEvery tear will be a memorySo wait and prayEach night for me‘Til we meet again‘Til we meet again

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Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral

Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral, Too-ra-loo-ra-li, Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral, Darling hush, Now, don't you cry!

Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral, Too-ra-loo-ra-li, Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral, That’s an IrishLullaby

Too-ra-loo-ra-li, Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral, That’s an IrishLullaby


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True Love

While I give to youAnd you give to meTrue love, true loveSo on and on it will always beTrue love, true love

For you and I have a guardian angelOn high with nothing to doBut to give to you and to give to meLove forever true

For you and I have a guardian angelOn high with nothing to doBut to give to you and to give to meLove forever true

But to give to you and to give to meLove forever true


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Two Rivers (with Norman Wisdom)

Our love will go onLike the two riversTwo rivers that flow to the seaOur love will go onLike the two riversThrough all eternity

There’s a river that flowsThrough the heart of a cityAnd part of the cityIt always will beThere’s a river that flowsBy a rose covered cottageAnd whispers it’s way to the sea

Our love will go onLike the two riversTwo rivers that flow to the seaOur love will go onLike the two riversThrough all eternity

It’s the Shannon that flowsPast the house I was born inAnd murmurs Good MorningTo me every day

And it’s Old Father ThamesThat I see from my windowEternal, romantic and gay

Our love will go onLike the two riversTwo rivers that flow to the seaOur love will go onLike the two riversThrough all eternityJust for youAnd me

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Very First Christmas Of All (The)

One night When the world was asleepWhile shepherds were watchingTheir sheepThey gazed from afarAt a star they sawThen followed that starTo a stable doorA child in a manger They foundWith gifts made of goldOn the groundAnd so it beganIn that humble stallThe very first Christmas of all

They gazed from afarAt a star they sawThen followed that starTo a stable doorA child in a manger They foundWith gifts made of goldOn the groundAnd so it beganIn that humble stallThe very first Christmas of all

Anthology CD1-16 /Everybody's Sweetheart/If Anyone Finds This78

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Voice In The Choir (A)

As I walk alongTo the church on the hillThe scene all around meIs peaceful and stillWhen suddenlyThere is a sound that I hearIt’s a voice in the choirSinging “Ave Maria”

And so as I listenedMy thoughts seemed to strayTo when we were partedAnd I went away

I seem to rememberA smile through a tearAnd a voice in the choirSinging “Ave Maria”

But now that I’m backWhere I used to belongMy heart would be singingA thanksgiving songOnce more I shall be thereBeside you my dearWith a voice in the choirSinging “Ave Maria”

Anthology CD3-09

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What Could Be More Beautiful?

A sea of star dust A cool midsummer breezeThe dew on orchids, The rustle of the leavesThe quiet magic of Silhouetted treesWhat could be more beautiful?

The hush of evening So peaceful and so stillThe brilliant glow of The moon beyond the hillThe sudden song Of a lonely whippoorwillWhat could be more beautiful

What could match that moment When the dawn paints the sky?Setting up the scene beforeThe birds start to flyTo want to please youAnd then to learn I doTo dream you need me And have my dreams come trueTo know you love me As much as I love youWhat could be more wonderful to know, my darling?

What could be more beautiful

Anthology CD1-05 /Softly Softly 45

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When I Grow Too Old To Dream

When I grow too old to dreamI’ll have you to rememberWhen I grow too old to dreamYour love will live in my heartSo kiss me my sweetAnd so let us partAnd when I grow too old to dreamYour kiss will live in my heart

And when I grow too old to dreamYour kiss will live in my heart

Anthology CD3-14

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When Irish Eyes Are Smiling

When Irish eyes are smilingSure, it’s like the morn in SpringIn the lilt of Irish laughterYou can hear the angels singAnd when Irish hearts are happyAll the world seems bright and gayAnd when Irish eyes are smilingSure, they steal your heart away

Yes when Irish hearts are happyAll the world seems bright and gayAnd when Irish eyes are smilingSure, they steal your heart away


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When You Wore A Tulip

When you wore a tulipA sweet, yellow tulipAnd I wore a big red roseWhen you caressed me,'Twas then Heaven blessed meWhat a blessing No one knows.You made life cheeryWhen you called me dearie,'Twas down Where the blue grass grows.Your lips were sweeter than julepWhen you wore a tulipAnd I wore a big red rose

instrumental

When you wore a tulipA sweet, yellow tulipAnd I wore a big red roseWhen you caressed me,'Twas then Heaven blessed meWhat a blessing No one knows.You made life cheeryWhen you called me dearie,'Twas down Where the blue grass grows.Your lips were sweeter than julepWhen you wore a tulipAnd I wore a big red rose

And I wore a big red rose

Anthology CD3-13

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Who Knows?

Who knows my loveWho knows where a star isWho knows why the seaWho cares that it’s heavenWhen you’re holding meWho knows every sahdowWho knows every treeWho cares if the wind blowsYour love away from me

The answerThe answer we may never findSo kiss me and tell meYou are always mineWho lights every glow wormWho paints every roseWho cares that I love youWho knows My love, who knows

The answerThe answer we may never findSo kiss me and tell meYou are always mineWho lights every single glow wormWho paints every little roseWho cares that I love youWho knows My love, who knows Who knows My love, who knows

Anthology CD3-04

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With Me Shillelagh Under Me Arm

With me shillelagh under me arm And a twinkle in me eye I'll be off to Tipperary in the morning

Sure I’m tired o’ roamin’ roundAnd so I’m goin’ to pack me gripAnd I’m off to book me passageOn a mighty powerful shipI’ll be bound to send a telegramThe day I reach the quayJust to tell ‘em in a week or toThey’ll be expecting me

With me shillelagh under me arm And a twinkle in me eye I'll be off to Tipperary in the morningWith me shillelagh under me arm And a toora loora li I'll be welcome in the home that I was born in Me mother's told the neighbours I'm going to settle down, Phil the fluter's coming out To play me round the townWith me shillelagh under me arm And a twinkle in me eye I'll be off to Tipperary in the morning

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With Me Shillelagh Under Me Arm - Cont

Sure I’m feeling mighty fineAnd I’ve got bags of money tooAnd I mean to give the folks at home A proper Irish do They’ll be such a welcome waiting for youHumble on the matI can just imagine people sayingOch how are you PatWith me shillelagh under me arm And a twinkle in me eye I'll be off to Tipperary in the morningWith me shillelagh under me arm And a toora loora lie I'll be welcome in the home that I was born in. Me mother's told the neighbours I'm going to settle down, Phil the fluter's coming out To play me round the townWith me shillelagh under me arm And a twinkle in me eye I'll be off to Tipperary in the morning

Mother's told the neighbours I'm going to settle down, Phil the fluter's coming out To play me round the townWith me shillelagh under me arm And a twinkle in me eye I'll be off to Tipperary in the morning

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Anthology CD2-24

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You Are My First Love

You are my first loveMy first and last loveWe'll make this love last forevermoreWe'll prove a love as young As Spring keeps glowingEven though the chill November wind keeps blowing

We'll show that two hearts Two young but true heartsCan do what few hearts Have done before‘Till the sun grows cold, ‘Til time stands stillWe'll feel the magic thrill Of our first love

(Orchestral)

Till the sun grows cold, ‘Till time stands stillWe'll feel the magic thrill Of our first love

Anthology CD1-23

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You Are My Sunshine

The other night dear As I lay dreamingI dreamt that you were by my side Came disillusion when I awoke dear You were gone And then I cried

You Are My SunshineMy only sunshine You make me happy When skies are grey You'll never know dear How much I love you. Please don't take my sunshine away

You told me once, dearThere’d be no otherAnd no one else could come betweenBut now you've left meTo love anotherYou have broken all my dreams

You Are My SunshineMy only sunshine. You make me happy When skies are grey You'll never know, dear How much I love you Please don't take my sunshine away

I'll always love youAnd make you happyIf you will only do the sameBut if you leave meHow it will grieve meAnd never more I’ll breathe your name

You Are My SunshineMy only sunshine You make me happy When skies are greyYou'll never know dear How much I love youPlease don't take my sunshine awayPlease don't take my sunshine away

Anthology CD3-10

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Documents

Ain’t That A Grand And Glorious · Web viewCompiled from the Ruby Murray Anthology CD collection First draft Dec 7th 2010 INDEX to songs and album location (Anthology CD 1 to 4 and