C O L L E C T I O N V O L U M E I X Reproducible Song Sheets For more information about the Sentimental Sing-Along Collection SENTIMENTAL PRODUCTIONS P.O. Box 14716 Cincinnati, OH 45250 1-800-762-0338
102 WHEN IRISH EYES ARE SMILING There s a tear in your eye, and I m wondering why, For it never should be there at all. With such power in your smile, sure a stone you d beguile So there s never a teardrop should fall. When your sweet lilting laughter s like some fairy song, And your eyes twinkle bright as can be; You should laugh all the while and all other times smile, And now smile a smile for me. When Irish eyes are smiling, sure tis like a morn in spring In the lilt of Irish laughter you can hear the angels sing. When Irish hearts are happy, all the world seems bright and gay, And when Irish eyes are smiling, sure they steal your heart away. 103 DANNY BOY 1) Oh, Danny Boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling. From glen to glen and down the mountain side, the summer s gone and all the roses falling, Tis you, tis you, must go and I must bide. But come ye back, when summer s in the meadow, and all the valley s hushed and white with snow. For I ll be here in sunshine or in shadow, Oh Danny Boy, Oh Danny Boy, I love you so. 2) But when ye come, and all the flowers are dying, If I am dead, as dead I well may be, You ll come and find the place where I am lying, and kneel and say an Ave there for me. And I shall hear; though soft ye tread above me, and all my grave will warmer, sweeter be, if you will bend and tell me that you love me, And I will sleep in peace until you come to me. 104 KERRY DANCE Oh the days of Kerry dancing, Oh the ring of the piper s tune! Oh for one of those hours of gladness, Gone, alas like our youth too soon. When the boys began to gather in the glen of the summer night, And the Kerry piper s tuning make us long with wild delight. Oh to think oh it, Oh to dream of it, Fills my heart with tears. 105 Sweet Rosie O grady, my dear little rose She s my steady lady, most everone knows SWEET ROSIE O GRADY And when we are married How happy we ll be; I love sweet Rosie O Grady, And Rosie O Grady loves me!
106 MOLLY MALONE 1) In Dublin s fair city, where girls are so pretty, I first set my eyes on sweet Molly Malone. As she pushed her wheelbarrow through streets broad and narrow, singing, Cockles and mussels, alive alive-o. Alive, alive-o, alive, alive-o singing, Cockles and mussels, alive, alive-o. 2) She was a fishmonger, and that was the wonder, her father and mother were fishmongers, too. They drove the wheelbarrow through streets broad and narrow, singing, Cockles and mussels, alive, alive-o. 3) She died of the fever, and nothing could save her, And that was the end of sweet Molly Malone. But her ghost drives the barrow, through streets broad and narrow, singing, Cockles and mussels, alive, alive-o. 107 GREENSLEEVES 1) Alas, my love, you do me wrong to cast me off discourteously; And I have loved you oh so long, Delighting in your company. Greensleeves was my delight, Greensleeves was my heart of gold And who but my lady Greensleeves? 2) My men were clothed all in green, And they did ever wait on thee: All this was gallant to be seen, And yet thou wouldst not love me. 108 BILL BAILEY Won t you come home Bill Bailey, won t you come home? She moans the whole day long. I ll do the cookin darlin, I ll pay the rent, I know I ve done you wrong. Remember that rainy evenin, I drove you out, with nothing but a fine tooth comb? I know I m to blame, well, ain t that a shame, Bill Bailey won t you please come home? Greensleeves was all my joy
109 ERIE CANAL 110 PADDY WORKS ON THE RAILWAY 1) I got a mule her name is Sal. In eighteen hundred and forty-one I put my corduroy britches on, She s a good old worker I put my corduroy britches on and a good old pal. We ve hauled some barges in our day, Filled with lumber, coal and hay. And we know every inch of the way From Albany to Buffalo. (after each verse) Filimiooriooriay (3X) Low bridge, everybody down. Low bridge, cause we re coming to a town. And you ll always know your neighbor, You ll always know your pal, If you ever navigated on the Erie Canal. 1) Git up there, Sal, We passed that lock. And we ll make Rome before six o clock. Just one more trip and back we ll go Through the rain and sleet and snow, Cause we know every inch of the way From Albany to Buffalo.. In eighteen hundred and forty-two I left the old world for the new, Bad cess to the luck that brought me through to work upon the railway. In eighteen hundred and forty-three, Twas then I met sweet Biddy McGee An elegant wife she s been to me In eighteen hundred and forty-four I worked again and worked some more, It s, Bend your backs, the boss did roar, It s Pat do this and Pat do that, Without a stocking or cravat In nothing but an old straw hat,
In eighteen hundred and forty-five They worked us worse and bees in a hive, I didn t know if I was dead or alive, In eighteen hundred and forty-six They pelted me with stones and sticks, Oh, I was in a terrible fix, In eighteen hundred and forty-seven sweet Biddy McGee she went to heaven, If she left one child, she left eleven, 111 I LL TAKE YOU HOME AGAIN KATHLEEN 1) I ll take you home again Kathleen, across the ocean wild and wide To where your heart has ever been, since first you were my bonnie bride The roses all have left your cheek. I ve watched them face away and die, Your voice is sad whene er your speak and tears bedim your loving eyes. holds nothing, dear, but you. The smiles that once you gave me, I scarcely ever see them now, Though many, many times I see a dark ning shadow on your brow. 112 MY WILD IRISH ROSE My wild Irish rose, the sweetest flower that grows, You may search everywhere, but none can compare with my wild Irish rose. My wild Irish rose, the dearest flower that grows, and someday for my sake, she may let me take the bloom from my wild Irish rose. Oh, I will take you back, Kathleen, to where your heart will feel no pain. And when the fields are fresh and green, I ll take you to your home again. 2) I know you love me, Kathleen dear, your heart was ever fond and true. I always feel when you are near, that life