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Volume 10, Issue 11 - Feature #3431

Duchess Corner

When Irish Eyes Are Smiling <embed src="http://okielegacy.org/midi/irisheyes.mid" autostart=true height=60 width=144"><br> Here's a little Irish midi with the words so you can sing along for St. Patrick's Day: <b>When Irish Eyes Are Smiling</b> <br> There's a tear in your eye,<br> And I'm wondering why,<br> For it never should be there at all.<br> With such pow'r in your smile,<br> Sure a stone you'd beguile,<br> So there's never a teardrop should fall.<br> When your sweet lilting laughter's<br> Like some fairy song,<br> And your eyes twinkle bright as can be;<br> You should laugh all the while<br> And all other times smile,<br> And now, smile a smile for me.<br><br> When Irish eyes are smiling,<br> Sure, 'tis like the morn in Spring.<br> In the lilt of Irish laughter<br> You can hear the angels sing.<br> When Irish hearts are happy,<br> All the world seems bright and gay.<br> And when Irish eyes are smiling,<br> Sure, they steal your heart away.<br><br> For your smile is a part<br> Of the love in your heart,<br> And it makes even sunshine more bright.<br> Like the linnet's sweet song,<br> Crooning all the day long,<br> Comes your laughter and light.<br> For the springtime of life<br> Is the sweetest of all<br> There is ne'er a real care or regret;<br> And while springtime is ours<br> Throughout all of youth's hours,<br> Let us smile each chance we get.<br><br> When Irish eyes are smiling,<br> Sure, 'tis like the morn in Spring.<br> In the lilt of Irish laughter<br> You can hear the angels sing.<br> When Irish hearts are happy,<br> All the world seems bright and gay.<br> And when Irish eyes are smiling,<br> Sure, they steal your heart away.<br>

NW Okie - 2008-03-17 12:47:56

Here's a LINK to some Irish MIDI files that I think you will feel like getting up and doing the Irish jig - <a href="http://my.homewithgod.com/heavenlymidis/irish/index.html">Irish Midid Music</a>.

NW Okie - 2008-03-16 19:12:00

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