Historic Sheet Music Collection
Title
Document Type
Score
Links to Recordings at the Internet Archive
https://archive.org/details/78_the-dear-little-shamrock_j.-c.-doyle-jackson_gbia0010574a
https://archive.org/details/78_the-dear-little-shamrock_michael-ahern_gbia0034279b
Publication Date
1871
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
There’s a dear little plant that grows on our Isle,
‘Twas Saint Patrick himself, sure, that set it;
And the sun on his labor with pleasure did smile,
And with dew from his eye often wet it.
It shines thro’ the bog, thro’ the break, and the mire-land,
And he call’d it the dear little Shamrock of Ireland,
The dear little Shamrock, the sweet little Shamrock,
the dear little, sweet little Shamrock of Ireland.
[Verse 2]
That dear little plant still grows in our land,
Fresh and fair as the daughters of Erin;
Whose smiles can bewitch and whose eyes can command,
In each climate they ever appear in.
For they shine thro’ the bog, thro’ the brake, and the mire-land,
Just like their own dear little Shamrock of Ireland,
The dear little Shamrock, the sweet little Shamrock,
the dear little, sweet little Shamrock of Ireland.
[Verse 3]
That dear little plant that springs from our soil,
When its three little leaves are extended,
Denotes form the stalk we together should toil,
And ourselves by ourselves be befriended,
And still thro’ the bog, thro’ the brakes, and the mire-land,
From one root should branch, like the Shamrock of Ireland,
The dear little Shamrock, the sweet little Shamrock,
the dear little, sweet little Shamrock of Ireland.
Recommended Citation
William Cherry, John, "The Dear Little Shamrock" (1871). Historic Sheet Music Collection. 260.
https://digitalcommons.conncoll.edu/sheetmusic/260
The views expressed in this paper are solely those of the author.
Comments
The Dear Little Shamrock
By John William Cherry
New York (19 Park Pl.): Published by W. A. Evans & Bro., (1871)
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