AN IRISH LULLABY 

Over in Killarney

Many years ago,  

Me Mither sang a song to me  

In tones so sweet and low.  

Just a simple little ditty,  

In her good ould Irish way,  

And l’d give the world if she could sing  

That song to me this day.   

Chorus:  “Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral, 

Too-ra-loo-ra-li,  

Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral, 

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 Irish lullaby.”   

Oft in dreams I wander  

To that cot again,  

I feel her arms a-huggin’ me  

As when she held me then.  

And I hear her voice a -hummin’  

To me as in days of yore,  

When she used to rock me fast asleep  

Outside the cabin door.