- 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 byBing 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 filmHouseSitter , sung bySteve 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 songCome On Eileen
* At the end of episode 116 ofMadTV
* Chorus repeatedly sung by an intoxicated 'Erin' in TitusExternal 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]
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