Sheet Music, 1910-1919
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ISBN
MUM00682, 0400
Description
Cover: drawing of a castle and clover; photo inset of Avon Comedy 4; Publisher: Leo Feist Inc. (New York)
Subject Headings (Library of Congress)
Songs -- United States -- 20th Century; Popular Music -- United States
Relational Format
music score
Original Format
scores
Original Collection
Sheldon Harris Collection (MUM00682), Archives and Special Collections, University of Mississippi Libraries
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Lyrics
Lyrics:
First verse
I've often heard my daddy speak of Ireland's lakes and dells, The place must be like Heaven, if it's half like what he tells; There's roses fair and shamrocks there, and laughing waters flow; I have never seen that Isle of Green, But there's one thing sure, I know.
Refrain
Ireland must be heaven, for an angel came from there, I never knew a living soul one half as sweet or fair, For her eyes are like the starlight, And the white clouds march her hair, Sure Ireland must be Heaven, for my mother came from there.
Second verse
I've pictured in my fondest dreams old Ireland's vales and rills, I see a stairway to the sky, formed by her verdant hills; Each wave that's in the ocean blue just loves to hug the shore, So if Ireland isn't Heaven, then sure, it must be right next door.
(Refrain)
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