That's How I Spell Ireland

Dave Mills


Oh laddie-die, come over here
And tell me why you frown
And bring your lesson with you, lad
And lay your pencil down

Just look how you've spelled Ireland
Shoo, you've left out A and L
Now, listen closely to your dad
And I'll teach you how to spell

I is for the Irish in your tiny heart, my dear
R means right and if you're right
You have no right to fear
Your E is for Eileen
Your mothers name I mean
And L is for the lake where I first met my own Colleen
A is for the angels who are watching over you
N's never cry, keep smiling through
Oh and D is for your daddy's lesson and I pray it will be a blessing
That's how I spell Ireland

A is for the angels who are watching over you
N's never cry, keep smiling through
Oh and D is for your daddy's lesson
And I pray, will be a blessing
That's how I spell, Ireland


Writer/s: Trad. Arr.: D. Campbell