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[Spoken:]
Here's a story told in Ireland
Ever since the days of old;
It's the story of the leprechaun,
And his glittering pot of gold.
With his cobbler's hammer tapping,
He'll be tipped up on his shoes;
He'll mend your shoes, a star, a rose,
If he taps away your blues.
With his wee green pixie on his head,
Green boots upon his feet,
A tiny lad, an aproned man,
A toadstool for a seat.
Foolish men have tried to drop him,
Just to find his pot of gold;
But he has it in a secret place,
No man he can behold.
With his cobbler's hammer tapping,
He'll be tipped up on his shoes;
He'll mend your shoes, a star, a rose,
If he taps away your blues.
He can tell if you are greedy,
By the goods that's walking by;
And he'll smile and simply disappear,
In the twinkling of an eye.
Ah, but if you are an honest man,
And fate has been unkind;
His magic spell will change your luck,
Good fortune you will find.
With his cobbler's hammer tapping,
He'll be tipped up on his shoes;
He'll mend your shoes, a star, a rose,
If he taps away your blues.
~ Instrumental ~
With his cobbler's hammer tapping,
He'll be tipped up on his shoes;
He'll mend your shoes, a star, a rose,
If he taps away your blues.
[Spoken:] At the far end of the rainbow,
Ah, sure, it must be understood,
Lays the secret of the leprechaun:
To exchange bad luck for good.
With his cobbler's hammer tapping,
He'll be tipped up on his shoes;
He'll mend your shoes, a star, a rose,
If he taps away your blues.
With his cobbler's hammer tapping,
He'll be tipped up on his shoes;
He'll mend your shoes, a star, a rose,
If he taps away your blues.
[Fade:]
With his cobbler's hammer tapping,
He'll be tipped up on his shoes;
He'll mend your shoes, a star, a rose,
If he taps away your blues....
This arrangement recorded by the Sons of Erin, featuring band leader Ralph O'Brien, Johnnie Lynn, "Wee" John Cameron, and Denis Ryan on their self-titled album, Sons Of Erin, ca.1970.
