From the 1882 musical “The Maid of Arran”.
Words and music by Louis F. Baum.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- I’m a gay Irish girl from the county Kilarney
Me mother’s a Murphy, me father’s a Kearney
I’m proud of me country and chock full of blarney
Which is not a fact to surprise
I never get tired of singing and dancing
And any fine ev’ning you’ll find me a prancing
I’m fond of a joke and there’s fun always glancing
Straight out from a pair o’ blue eyes
Chorus
Eyes of blue are always true
Admire them you can’t fail to do
The saints above would fall in love
Wid eyes of blue
- Ev’ry boy says me eyes put his heart in a flurry
And then wid his love makes a bother and worry
Get married at liesure, repent in a hurry’s
A maxim I’ll never despise
Be me faith then I think that I’ll let them kape crying
I’m sure wid their love they will never be dying
What matters to me if the whole world is sighing
Wid love for a pair o’ blue eyes
Sung here by Vancha March: