A Sprig Of Shamrock 1908

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 14 Mar 2010
2010

The rose belongs to England,
and the lily fair to France,
The thistle clings to Scotland,
with its sharply pointed lance,
But the native of old Erin,
where e're his pathway goes,
Remembers in his wanderings,
where the Shamrock grows.

Just a little sprig of shamrock
from the banks of Erin's Isle,
Just a little sprig of shamrock
that has travelled many a mile,
But it brings a whiff of fragrance,
to the homesick, sad exile,
That precious sprig of shamrock
from fair Erin's verdant isle.

He may stroll in stately mansions,
and gain the highest praise,
But his heart is always faithful,
to the thought of other days,
and the little simple blossom,
can more blissful pleasure bring,
In its breath of hillside glory,
Than the plaudits of a King.

Just a little sprig of shamrock
from the banks of Erin's Isle,
Just a little sprig of shamrock
that has travelled many a mile,
But it brings a whiff of fragrance,
to the homesick, sad exile,
That precious sprig of shamrock
from fair Erin's verdant isle.

Soft karaoke
Words
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lyric
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A Sprig Of Shamrock 1908
by Fiske O'Hara & Frank Hersom
© 1908 by Maurice Shapiro - Broadway, N.Y.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Sunday 14 March 2010 at 08.55
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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