Rose Betts - Irish eyes

^CMy Mother Says I Have Irish Eyes ^CIrish Eyes, ^FIrish ^CEyes ^CMy Mother Says I Have Irish Eyes They G^Amo Ever So Bl^Gue Under S^Ftormy S^Ckies But Th^Amey’re Never ^GSo Blue As Wh^Fen I Let T^Chem Cry

^CMy Father Says I Have English Hair ^CEnglish Hair, E^Fnglish ^CHair ^CBrown Like The Bark Of An Oak Somewhere Like The ^AmBed Of A L^Gake Where The H^Femlock ^CGrows Like The ^AmThorn In The ^GStem Of An ^FEnglish ^CRose

I’m A ^CMap Of The World And The ^FOnes B^Cefore One ^AmFoot In Sea And ^FOne On ^CShore ^CEvery Step, Every Hope Flung ^FHigh I’m A ^CMap Of Them All With My ^GIrish ^CEyes

^CMy Nana Says I Have Travelling Feet ^CTravelling Feet, ^FTravelling ^CFeet ^CSlippers For Princesses Don’t Fit Me But I ^AmDance To My ^GOwn Drum, ^FBright And ^CBold And My ^AmTravelling ^GFeet Always ^FGet Me ^CHome

^CMy Sister Says I’ve A Restless Soul ^CRestless Soul, ^FRestless ^CSoul ^CEasy To Catch But I’m Hard To Hold Like A ^AmSong On The ^GWind That You ^FCaught One ^CDay I Get ^AmUnder Your ^GSkin, Then I ^FSlip ^CAway

I’m A ^CMap Of The World And The ^FOnes Be^Cfore One ^AmFoot In Sea And ^FOne On Shore^{C C}Every Step, Every Hope Flung ^FHigh I’m A ^CMap Of Them All With My ^GIrish ^CEyes

^CMy Mother Says I Have ^AmIrish Eyes ^FIrish Eyes, ^GIrish Eyes ^CMy Mother Says I Have ^AmIrish Eyes They Go ^FEver So ^GBlue ^C

I’m A ^CMap Of The World And The ^FOnes Be^Cfore One ^AmFoot In Sea And O^Fne On Shore ^{C C}Every Step, Every Hope Flung ^FHigh I’m A ^CMap Of Them All With My ^GIrish ^CEyes