It Takes An Irishman To Make Love 1917

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 14 Nov 2006
2006

It takes a German to make Lager Beer,
it takes the French to make wine,
it takes a palefaced man
from old Japan,
to make a nice embroidered fan.
It takes a Turk to make the cigarettes
for you American men,
It takes a black eyed Hawaiian lad
to make ukelele's but then.

It takes an Irishman to make love
it seems to fit them just like a glove
I know you money makers
are here in New York
but all the heart breakers are over in Cork;
it is not the things that they do,
but how they do them fascinates you,
and when it comes to kissing
sure they stand alone,
for years they've practised
on the Blarney Stone,
and you'll discover that
the world's greatest lover,
came from Ireland

It takes an Irishman to make love
it seems to fit them just like a glove
I know you money makers
are here in New York
but all the heart breakers are over in Cork;
it is not the things that they do,
but how they do them fascinates you,
and when it comes to kissing
sure they stand alone,
for years they've practised
on the Blarney Stone,
and you'll discover that
the world's greatest lover,
came from Ireland

You've heard them sing
in all their Irish songs,
"Ireland fell from the skies."
And I believe it's true
their eyes of blue,
are little bits of heaven too.
Talk of your gentlemen from foreign lands
and the polite things they do,
but it's the honey toned Irish voice
that steals the heart right out of you.

It takes an Irishman to make love
it seems to fit them just like a glove
I know you money makers
are here in New York
but all the heart breakers are over in Cork;
it is not the things that they do,
but how they do them fascinates you,
and when it comes to kissing
sure they stand alone,
for years they've practised
on the Blarney Stone,
and you'll discover that
the world's greatest lover,
came from Ireland

It takes an Irishman to make love
it seems to fit them just like a glove
I know you money makers
are here in New York
but all the heart breakers are over in Cork;
it is not the things that they do,
but how they do them fascinates you,
and when it comes to kissing
sure they stand alone,
for years they've practised
on the Blarney Stone,
and you'll discover that
the world's greatest lover,
came from Ireland.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano
piano
piano
piano
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It Takes An Irishman To Make Love 1917
Music by Irving Berlin
Lyrics by Irving Berlin & Elsie Janis
© MCMXVII by Irving Berlin Inc.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Tuesday 14 November 2006 at 10.55pm
in association with Doug Grierson
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