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Irish Lullaby

Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral,
Too-ra-loo-ra-li,
Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral,
And it's hush now don't you cry;
Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral,
Too-ra-loo-ra-li,
Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral,
It's an Irish lullaby

Over in Killarney, many years ago,
My mother sang a song to me in tones so sweet and low;
Just a simple little ditty in her good old Irish way,
But l'd give the world if she could sing that song to me today:

Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral,
Too-ra-loo-ra-li,
Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral,
And it's hush now don't you cry;
Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral,
Too-ra-loo-ra-li,
Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral,
It's an Irish lullaby

####.... Variant of Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral (That's An Irish Lullaby) written in 1913 by J. R. (James Royce Shannon) aka John Valentine Eppel (1881-1946) of Fort Dodge, Iowa ....####

Collected in 1951 from Betty Devereaux of Trepassey, NL, and published in MacEdward Leach And The Songs Of Atlantic Canada © 2004 Memorial University of Newfoundland Folklore and Language Archive (MUNFLA).

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