When Irish Eyes Are Smiling

Music by Ernest R. Ball; lyrics by Chauncey Olcott & George Graff Jr. (1912)

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Foggy G, "The Songs That Were Played," We're Only In It For The Touring

1988: Essentially performed as on TBBYNHIYL. The song is performed twice, both times in conjunction with "The Theme from Godfather".

Marc De Bruyn (emdebe@village.uunet.be), September 7, 2003

"When Irish Eyes Are Smiling" was composed by Ernest R. Ball (1878-1927) in 1912 ; the lyrics were written by Chauncey Olcott (1858-1932) and George Graff, Jr.

"When Irish eyes are smiling / Sure it's like a morning spring / In the lilt of Irish laughter, / You can hear the angels sing. When Irish hearts are happy, / All the world seems bright and gay / And when Irish eyes are smiling, / Sure, they steal your heart away / There's a tear in your eye, / and I'm wondering why, / For it never should be there at all / With such power in your smile, / sure a stone you'd beguile, / So there's never a teardrop should fall / When your sweet lilting laughter's like some fairy song, / And your eyes twinkle bright as can be, / You should laugh all the while and all other times smile, / And now smile a smile for me / When Irish eyes are smiling Sure it's like a morning spring / In the lilt of Irish laughter, / You can hear the angels sing / When Irish hearts are happy, / All the world seems bright and gay / And when Irish eyes are smiling, / Sure, they steal your heart away."

"When Irish Eyes Are Smiling" was also recorded by Bing Crosby, Connie Francis, and Roger Whittaker.

 

 

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