A Love Story with a Little Heartbreak

by Thomas John Dunker

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 I'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 humin'

  To me as in days or yore,

  When she used to rock me fast asleep

  Outside the cabin door.

  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.