(Two Irish Eyes Are Shining)
A popular song from 1913
Words by Jack Mahoney
Music by Percy Wenrich
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by Denese Coulbeck:
Lyrics
1. It’s just a year ago today
I left old Erin’s Isle
My heart was throbbing in the sunlight
Of my colleen’s smile
In all my dreams I hear her sweet voice
Calling soft and low
I know she’s waiting where we said “goodbye”
In old Mayo
Chorus:
Now two Irish eyes are shining
And an Irish heart is pining
Where I kissed her and caressed her
In the gloaming, long ago
Loving Irish arms will press me
With true Irish love caress me
And sweet Irish lips will bless me
When it’s Moonlight in Mayo
2. Her Irish eyes like beacons shine
On thro’ the darkest night
I know their sweet love-beams will always
Fill the world with light
The roses on her cheeks
Will lend enchantment to the scene
And when the shamrocks wed the dew
I’ll wed my sweet colleen
Sung by Laurence Rubenstein: