IrishEyes

My mother says I have Irish eyes

Irish eyes, Irish eyes

My mother says I have Irish eyes

They go ever so blue under stormy skies

But they’re never so blue as when I let them cry

My father says I have English hair

English hair, English hair

Brown like the bark of an oak somewhere

Like the bed of a lake where the hemlock grows

Like the thorn in the stem of an English rose

I’m a map of the world and the one’s before

One foot in sea and one on shore

Every step every hope flung high

I’m a map of them all with my Irish eyes

My nanna says I have travelling feet

Travelling feet, travelling feet

Slippers for princesses don’t fit me

But I dance to my own drum bright and bold

And my travelling feet always get me home

My sister says I’ve a restless soul

Restless soul, restless soul

Easy to catch but I’m hard to hold

Like a song on the wind that you caught one day

I get under your skin then I slip away

I’m a map of the world and the one’s before

One foot in sea and one on shore

Every step every hope flung high

I’m a map of them all with my Irish eyes

Eyes, eyes, eyes

My mother says I have Irish eyes

Irish eyes, Irish eyes

My mother says I have Irish eyes

They go ever so blue

‘Cause I’m a map of the world and the one’s before

One foot in sea and one on shore

Every step every hope flung high

I’m a map of them all with my Irish eyes