RETURN TO IRISH SONGS

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[Verse 1]  - - - - - [C] Over [F] in Kil- [C] -larney, [Am][C] many years a- [G7] -go.  My [C] mother [F] sang a [C] song to me in [D7] tones so [Dm7] sweet and [G7] low

Just a [C] simple [F] little [C] ditty [Am] in her [C] good 'ould' Irish way; And I'd [F] give the world if [C] I could hear her [D7] sing that [Dm7] song to- [G7] -day
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[CHORUS] - - - - -  [C] Too-ra- [F] loo-ra- [C] loo-ral, [C7] - - - - - [F] Too-ra-loo-ra- [F#DIM] li, - - - - - [C] Too-ra- [F] loo-ra- [C] loo-ral,  - - - - - [D7] hush, now, don't you [G7] cry

[C] Too-ra- [F] loo-ra- [C] loo-ral, [C7]  - - - - - [F] Too-ra-loo-ra- [F#DIM] li, - - - - - [C] Too-ra- [F] loo-ra- [C] loo-ral,  - - - - - that's an [D7] Irish [Fm] lull- [Gm] a - [C] by [G7] 
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[Verse 2]
[C] Oft in [F] dreams I [C] wander [Am] [C] to that cot [G7] again. I [C] feel her [F] arms a- [C] -huggin' me  as [D7] when she [Dm7] held me [G7] then;

And I [C] hear her [F] voice a- [C] -hummin' [Am] to [C] me as in days of yore;  When she [F] used to rock me [C] fast asleep  out- [D7] -side the [Dm7] cabin [G7] door
 
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TOO- RA- LOO- RA- LOO- RA 1913 j
OVER IN KILLARNEY, MANY YEARS AGO,
MY MOTHER SANG THIS SONG TO ME
IN TONES SO SWEET AND LOW.
JUST A SIMPLE IRISH DITTY,
IN HER SIMPLE IRISH WAY,
AND I’D GIVE THE WORLD
IF I COULD HEAR HER SING TO ME THIS DAY.
TOO- RA- LOO- RA- LOO- RA,
TOO- RA- LOO- RA- LI.
TOO- RA- LOO- RA- LOO- RA,
HUSH NOW DON’T YOU CRY.
TOO- RA- LOO- RA- LOO- RA,
TOO- RA- LOO- RA- LI.
TOO- RA- LOO- RA- LOO- RA,
THAT’S AN IRISH LULLABY.
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