A popular song from 1915.
Words by Ballard MacDonald.
Music by Harry Puck.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
1. There’s a little spot in Ireland
There’s a little village green
On a summer night when the stars are bright
There’s a happy gathering seen
Every laddie in the village
Brings the colleen of his heart
When the moon shines, high up in the sky
It’s then the fun will start
Chorus:
Dancing underneath the Irish Moon
While the pipers play an Irish tune
Just see them sway, each Irish heart so gay
It’s “Clickety Click” go the Irish heels
To the melody of those Irish reels
And listen to the “Wearing of the Green”
Sung by every laddie and colleen
Sure it’s by Killarney’s Lakes they’re dancing
Dancing ‘neath the Irish Moon
2. With a shamrock pinned upon him
A shillelagh in his hand
Every laddie there thinks his colleen fair
Is the pride of Ireland, and
To the sound of fiddles ringing
He will swing his Irish Rose
Everybody knows that an Irish Rose
Is the fairest flower that grows