That's How You Can Tell They're Irish 1920

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 16 June 2012
2012

Sure, it's hard to tell a Russian
a Belgian or a Swede,
It's hard to tell a Frenchman
if there should be any need.
Sure an Irish lad is diff'rent
for he has a certain style,
Sure, begorra you know well,
that you can tell an Irishman
if he's off a mile.

You can tell by their walk
you can tell by their talk
you can tell by their eyes of blue,
You can tell by their blarney
sure they're from Killarney,
by the way they smile at you.
Ev'ry Irish colleen
is as fair as a queen
and the lads are tried and true,
Sure, and if they're wrong
or if they're right,
they're willing to take a lickin'
and they're ready for a fight,
That's how you can tell they're Irish.

You can tell by their walk
you can tell by their talk
you can tell by their eyes of blue,
You can tell by their blarney
sure they're from Killarney,
by the way they smile at you.
Ev'ry Irish colleen
is as fair as a queen
kand the lads are tried and true,
Sure, they'll fight in crowds
or all alone
they've won ev'rybody's battles
and some day they'll win their own
That's how you can tell they're Irish.

Sure, I know a man named Kelly
who came from County Cork,
He didn't have a penny
when he landed in New York.
So he looked for work all over,
for an easy job, of course;
Sure, it's only been a year
since Kelly landed over here,
Now he's on the force.

You can tell by their walk
you can tell by their talk
you can tell by their eyes of blue,
You can tell by their blarney
sure they're from Killarney,
by the way they smile at you.
Ev'ry Irish colleen
is as fair as a queen
and the lads are tried and true,
Sure, and if they're wrong
or if they're right,
they're willing to take a lickin'
and they're ready for a fight,
That's how you can tell they're Irish.

You can tell by their walk
you can tell by their talk
you can tell by their eyes of blue,
You can tell by their blarney
sure they're from Killarney,
by the way they smile at you.
Ev'ry Irish colleen
is as fair as a queen
kand the lads are tried and true,
Sure, they'll fight in crowds
or all alone
they've won ev'rybody's battles
and some day they'll win their own
That's how you can tell they're Irish.

Soft karaoke
Words
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lyric
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That's How You Can Tell They're Irish 1920
"dedicated to our friend H.Bart McHugh"
by Thomas J.Gray & Clarence Gaskill
© MCMXX by M.Witmark & Sons
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Saturday 16 June 2012 at 19.11
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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