Too Ra Loo Ra Loo Ral
(That's an Irish Lullaby)
Too Ra Loo Ra Loo Ral
(That's an Irish Lullaby)
Traditional Song
Over in Killarney,
Many years ago,
Me mither sang a song to me
In tones so sweet and low.
Just a simple little ditty,
In her good ould Irish way,
And I'd give the world if she could sing
That song to me this day.
Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral,
Too-ra-loo-ra-li,
Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral,
Hush, now don't you cry!
Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral,
Too-ra-loo-ra-li,
Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral,
That's an Irish lullaby.
Oft, in dreams I wander
To that cot again,
I feel her arms a huggin' me
As when she held me then.
And I hear her voice a hummin'
To me as in days of yore,
When she used to rock me fast asleep
Outside the cabin door.
Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral,
Too-ra-loo-ra-li,
Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral,
Hush, now don't you cry!
Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral,
Too-ra-loo-ra-li,
Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral,
That's an Irish lullaby.
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Notes
Words and Music by James Royce Shannon in 1913.
Comments
Gert Beumer wrote to us about this song from the Netherlands, "We used to sing folksongs in the car on our way to a holiday destination. One of the songs was the Irish Lullaby 'Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ra'.
KEY C
Verse/Chorus:
C F C
C F G7
C F C
C F G7
Background: Originally recorded by Bing Crosby, the words are by J.R. Shannon in the 1890's though I suspect the melody is much, much older...perhaps as old as the days of Yore?)
Here is a YouTube link."
Kind Regards,
Gert
Thanks!
Thanks and Acknowledgements
Many thanks to Melissa for contributing this song. Her mom used to sing it to her when she was a little girl. Thanks also to Eduardo de Lima Pereira for helping us with the tune and to Monique Palomares for creating the midi music. Thanks to Gert Beumer for commenting on this song.
Thanks so much!
