Too Ra Loo Ra Loo Ral

"Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral (That's an Irish Lullaby)" is a classic Irish song originally written in 1914 by composer James Royce Shannon (1881-1946) and popularised by Bing Crosby in 1944's "Going My Way".

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Over In Killarney,
Many years a go,
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.
[Chorus]
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-ra-loo-ral, Too-ra-loo-ra-li,
Too-ra-loo-ra-ra-loo-ral, Thats an I-rish lul-la-by
[Verse 2]
Oft, in dreams I wander
To that cot a gain,
I feel her arms a-hugging me
As when she held me then.
And I hear her voice a hum-min'
To me as in days of yore,
When she used to rock me fast a-sleep
Outside the cabin door.
[Repeat chorus]

Popular references

* The 1944 Bing Crosby film "Going My Way"
* Care Bears on their "Nighty Night" 2005 CD
* The film HouseSitter, sung by Steve Martin.
* "The Simpsons" episodes "Homer's Barbershop Quartet" and "Sex, Pies and Idiot Scrapes"
* "The Boondock Saints" when Detective Greenlea is giving his explanation of the two dead Russians.
* Dexys Midnight Runners song Come On Eileen
* At the end of episode 116 of MadTV
* Chorus repeatedly sung by an intoxicated 'Erin' in Titus

External References

* [http://www.parlorsongs.com/issues/2004-8/thismonth/feature.asp Parlor Songs Dot Com]
* [http://www.collectionscanada.ca/4/4/m2-3010.1-e.html Popular songs 1914]
* [http://www.contemplator.com/ireland/irishlul.html http://www.contemplator.com/ireland/irishlul.html]