Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral (Irish Lullaby) (1914)
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(wm) James Royce Shannon (I) Play with songs: Shameen Dhu by Chauncey Olcott. (R) Bing Crosby in 1944 film Going My Way (P) The Irish Tenors
[Verse 1]: Over in Killarney, many years ago,
My mother sang a song to me in tones so soft and low.
Just a simple little ditty, in her good old Irish way, but
I’d give the world if she could sing that song to me this day. oh

[Refrain] 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.

[Verse 2] Oft in dreams I wander to that cot again.
I feel her arms a hugging 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. Oh