Brobdingnagian Bards — An Irish Lullaby lyrics

Lyrics

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.
«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.
KEY C verse/chorus:
Background: Originally recorded by Bing Crosby, the
words are by J.R. Shannon in the 1890s though I suspect
the melody is much much older… perhaps as old as the
days of Yore?)