Twas Only An Irishman's Dream 1916

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 15 May 2010
2010

Sure you should have seen the scene I saw
'Twas just the other night,
Oh, I've never seen the likes of it,
'Twas such a pleasin' sight,
I was happy for a moment,
but now I'm feeling blue,
for what I saw, I'll see no more,
'Twas too good to be true.

Sure the shamroacks were growing in Broadway,
ev'ry girl was an Irish colleen.
And the town of New York
was the county of Cork,
all the buildings were painted green,
sure the Hudson looked just like the Shannon,
Oh, how good and how real it did seem,
I could hear mother singin'
the sweet Shannon bells ringin',
'Twas only an Irishman's dream.

Sure the shamroacks were growing in Broadway,
ev'ry girl was an Irish colleen.
And the town of New York
was the county of Cork,
all the buildings were painted green,
sure the Hudson looked just like the Shannon,
Oh, how good and how real it did seem,
I could hear mother singin'
the sweet Shannon bells ringin',
'Twas only an Irishman's dream.

Sure you never miss familiar scenes,
until you've been away,
you will never know what homeland means,
Till you're away to stay,
and you welcome each reminder,
of the places that you miss,
I'll give the world to dream again,
another dream like this.

Sure the shamroacks were growing in Broadway,
ev'ry girl was an Irish colleen.
And the town of New York
was the county of Cork,
all the buildings were painted green,
sure the Hudson looked just like the Shannon,
Oh, how good and how real it did seem,
I could hear mother singin'
the sweet Shannon bells ringin',
'Twas only an Irishman's dream.

Sure the shamroacks were growing in Broadway,
ev'ry girl was an Irish colleen.
And the town of New York
was the county of Cork,
all the buildings were painted green,
sure the Hudson looked just like the Shannon,
Oh, how good and how real it did seem,
I could hear mother singin'
the sweet Shannon bells ringin',
'Twas only an Irishman's dream.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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'Twas Only An Irishman's Dream 1916
Music by Rennie Cormack
Lyrics by John J.O'Brien & Al Dubin
© MCMXVI by M.Witmark & Sons
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Sunday 16 May 2010 at 14.22
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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