A LITTLE BIT OF HEAVEN

Ernest R. Ball J. Keirn Brennan

(1873-1948)

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Have you ev - er heard the sto - ry of how

'Tis a dear old land of fair - ies and of

Ire - land got its name? I'll tell you so you'll

won - d'rous wish - ing wells; and no - where else on

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un - der - stand from whence old Ire - land came. No

God's green earth have they such lakes and dells! No

won - der that we're proud of that dear land a - cross the
won - der that the an - gels loved its sham - rock bor - dered

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sea, for here's the way me dear old moth - er

shore, 'tis a lit - tle bit of heav - en, and I

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told the tale to me: Shure, a lit - tle bit of heav - en fell from
love it more and more.

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out the sky one day, and nes - tled on the o - cean in a spot so far a - way. And

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when the an - gels found it, shure it looked so sweet and fair, they said sup - pose we leave it, for it

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looks so peace - ful there. So they sprin - kled it with star - dust just to make the sham -rocks grow. 'Tis the

on - ly place you'll find them no mat - ter where you go. Then they dot - ted it with sil - ver to

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make its lakes so grand, and when they had it fin - ished shure they called it Ire - land.

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