I’m Longing For Ireland and Kittie McGee

A popular song from 1915
Words and music by Elizabeth S. Howe and Fred Heltman

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The sheet music:

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Accompaniment by Denese Coulbeck:

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Lyrics

1. There’s a land far away, ’tis the home of my birth
   It’s the fairest and dearest on all the green earth
   ‘Tis the land of the shamrock to Irish hearts dear
   Where’er they may be whether far off or near
   Oh! Ireland, I long for you just for tonight
   I’d give all the world if I had but one sight
   Of the dear little Isle and sweet Kittie McGee
   My colleen who’s waiting with heart true to me

Chorus:
Kittie, Kittie, Kittie McGee
I love you truly and know you love me
Sure my heart’s fairly yearning
To soon be returning
I’m longing for Ireland and Kittie McGee

2. When I sit here alone at the close of each day
   Then my heart turns to Ireland, so far, far away
   And I dream that with Kittie I roam through the glen
   Where blackbirds still pipe their sweetest refrain
   Oh! Ireland, my thoughts are forever with you
   And with my sweet colleen with her eyes of true blue
   And I ne’er will forget what she whispered to me
   Oh! don’t forget Ireland and Kittie McGee

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Sung by Laurence Rubenstein: