Irish Lullaby Lyrics - Charlie Landsborough

How Can You Buy Killarny / An Irish Lullaby 

This little song I use to sing to my lad whose in the crowd tonight I'm going to embarrass him now when he was only a baby he is now 20 yrs old 

An American landed on Erin's green isle 

He gazed on killarny with a rapturous smile 

How can I buy it he said to the guy 

I'll tell you how with a smile he replied 

How can you buy all the stars in the sky 

How can you buy two Blue Irish eyes 

When you can purchase a fine mothers heart 

Then you can buy killarny 

Nature restore on her guilt's with a smile 

Me and Rose the shamrock and the barley 

When you can buy all those wonderful things 

Then you can buy killarny 

Over in Killarny, Many years ago, 

there's a song my mother sang to me 

in a voice so sweet and low. 

Just a simple Irish ditty, 

in her sweet ould fashion way, 

and I'd give the world if I could hear 

that song of hers today. 

Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral, 

Too-ra-loo-ra-li, 

Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral, 

Hush, now don't you cry! 

Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral, 

Too-ra-loo-ra-li, 

Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral, 

That's an Irish lullaby.