(Where the Little Shamrock Grows) From the Ziegfeld Follies of 1908. Words by Jack Norworth. Music by Albert Von Tilzer.
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I’ve been having troubles of me own
Since I left old Ireland you see
For there’s a Dutch man who won’t leave me alone
He wants to spark with me
So, underneath my window every night
He comes ’round to serenade and spoon
His songs ain’t much because they’re Dutch
You bet I’ll stop them soon
I told him once, you German dunce
You better change your tune
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For you will
Have to sing an Irish song
If you want to marry me
Faith, I think the Wearing of the Green
Is the sweetest melody
Now that “Wacht am Rhein”
It may sound fine
But goodness only knows
Sure you wouldn’t live long
If you would sing that song
Where the little shamrock grows