Lullaby Lyrics
Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral – Lyrics
Irish Lullaby, Written By: J. R. Shannon in 1913,
Copyright Unknown
Over in Killarney
Many years ago,
Me Mither [my mother] sang a song to me
In tones so sweet and low.
Just a simple little ditty,
In her good ‘ould’ [old] Irish way,
And I’d give the world if she could sing
That song to me this day.
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.
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.
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