Here we are we've come to call with pipes and flutes and fiddles and all
In case of d**h we've even brought a keener
So, if you're glum and feeling down just be like us
And act the clown and soon there'll be a change in your demeanor
(Lilting)
I put me money on a horse today for with the race he'd run away
Or so a friend that's in the know he told me
Twenty lengths ahead at most, he proudly cantered pa** the post
But, woe was me, he lost the bloomin' jockey!
(Lilting, followed by verse-long fiddle and whistle break)
Now of all the places I have seen from China to the Caribbean
None across the globe compares to Ireland
From Bally Castle to Tralie the Corup to the Liffy
There's no where else on earth quite like this island
(Lilting, followed by short piano break)
In Hollywood I long to be, no, not the place across the sea
But in County Wickloe Ireland's lovely garden
Where no pretenders will you find but decent people warm and kind
And flocks of friendly sheep into the bargain
(Lilting, followed by short fiddle and whistle break)
For your ills don't take a pill but take take a gander o'er the hills
And listen to the larks lovely warbling
In the evening company with music in the key of D
You'll be dancing Kerry sets until the morning
(Lilting)
Dancing Kerry sets until the morning