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From: "glitz" <>
Subject: Re: [UK-Irish] Song my Grandfather sang---is this it?
Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2005 15:03:15 -0500
References: <DJEFLOFBJBBOBMBEPMBDIELPCBAA.cherie.hill@blueyonder.co.uk> <002f01c59467$81ff6d30$9b403fce@jean> <002d01c59471$c7a19d40$fc437746@yourae066c3a9b>


Whenever I dream, it seems I dream of Erin's rolling hills,
Of all its lovely, shimmery lakes & little babbling rills.
I hear a colleen's lilting laugh across a meadow fair,
And, in my dreams, it almost seems to me that I am there.
O, Ireland! O, Ireland! We're never far apart;
For you & all your beauty fill my mind & touch my heart.
It's a dear old land of leprechauns & wondrous wishing wells;
Nowhere else on God's green earth, there be such lakes & dells.
No wonder that the angels love that shamrock covered shore;
It draws my heart toward home again & I love it more & more.
Have you ever heard the story of how Ireland got its name?
I'll tell you so you'll understand from whence old Ireland came.
No wonder that I love that dear sweet land across the sea;
For here's the way my dear old father told the tale to me:
"A little bit of heaven fell from out the sky one day;
And it nestled on the ocean, in a spot so far away.
And, when the angels found it, it looked so sweet & fair;
They said, 'Suppose we leave it? For it looks so peaceful there.'
So they sprinkled it with stardust just to make the shamrocks grow;
'Tis the only place you'll find them, no matter where you go.
And they dotted it with silver to make the lakes so grand;
And when they had it finished, they called it 'Ireland!' "

-- Author Unknown
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ruth Haynes" <>
To: <>
Sent: Friday, July 29, 2005 2:14 GLITZ
Subject: Re: [UK-Irish] Song my Grandfather sang


> Sure a little bit of heaven fell from out the sky one day
> and it nestled in the ocean in a spot so far away
> He sprinkled it with stardust just to make the shamrocks grow
> Tis the only place you'll find them no matter where you go
> Then he dotted it with silver to make it's lakes so grand
> and when he got it finished He called it IRELAND
>
>
> It has been along long time since I sang this song but that's the best I
> can recall
> And I went to Ireland once and it is green and the lakes are beautiful.
> Enjoy
> Ruth
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jean R." <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Friday, July 29, 2005 2:01 PM
> Subject: Re: [UK-Irish] Song my Grandfather sang
>
>
> > Hi Cherie -- "A Little Bit of Heaven"? Jean
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Cherie Hill" <>
> > To: <>
> > Sent: Friday, July 29, 2005 10:26 AM
> > Subject: [UK-Irish] Song my Grandfather sang
> >
> >
> >> Can someone help my grandfather used to sing about a piece of heaven
> > falling
> >> to earth and being called Ireland? Does anyone know the name and lyrics
> >> of
> >> this song?
> >>
> >>
> >
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