Song Of Ireland - Lyrics - Eddie Rabbitt

Edward Thomas "Eddie" Rabbitt was an American singer-songwriter and musician. His career began as a songwriter in the late 1960s, springboarding to a recording career after composing hits such as "Kentucky Rain" for Elvis Presley in 1970 and "Pure Love" for Ronnie Milsap in 1974. Later in the 1970s, Rabbitt helped to develop the crossover-influenced sound of country music prevalent in the 1980s with such hits as "Suspicions" and "Every Which Way but Loose." His duets "Both to Each Other " and "You and I", with Juice Newton and Crystal Gayle respectively, later appeared on the soap operas Days of Our Lives and All My Children.

One, two, three, four I remember Daddy playin' on the violin Jigs and reels that he brought from Ireland And I'm the first born in America, my friend I have never been there but someday I'll take a trip Across the ocean on a big long silver ship Hear them sing those songs I learned from Mama's lips I just close my eyes and I can almost see Those shamrock hills and those forty shades of green And the roots that tie me to a land I've never known Are callin' me home Are callin' me home Sun shines through my window here in Tennessee God sure made this a pretty place to be But sometimes it just don't feel like home to me So I close my eyes and I can almost see Those shamrock hills and those forty shades of green And the roots that tie me to a land I've never known Are callin' me home Are callin' me home Are callin' me home