A LITTLE BIT OF HEAVEN (SHURE, THEY CALLED IT IRELAND)
>From the Broadway Musical "The Heart Of Paddy Whack" (1914)
(Music: Ernest R. Ball / Lyrics: Jacob Keirn Brennan)

Chauncey Olcott (Broadway Production) - 1914
George MacFarlane - 1915
Charles Harrison - 1915
John Barnes Wells - 1915
John McCormack - 1915
Ella Logan - 1946
Frank Sinatra (Radio Transcription) - 1950
Connie Francis - 1962
Hank Locklin - 1964
John Gary - 1965

Also recorded by: Jimmy Roselli; Dennis Day; Dick Haymes; 
Tony Kenny; 101 Strings; Kenny Baker; Kevin J. O'Connell; 
Ingrid Hedlund; Cincinatti Pops Orchestra; Joseph White;
Gordon Lorenz Singers..........and many others.




There's a dear old land of leprechauns
And wondrous wishing wells
And nowhere else on God's green Earth
There be such lakes and dells

No wonder that the angels love
That shamrock covered shore
It draws my heart home again
And I love it more and more

Have you ever heard the story of
How Ireland got its name
Well, I'll tell you so you'll understand
>From whence old Ireland came

No wonder that I love
That dear old land across the sea
For here's the way my dear old Father
Told the tale to me.....

Shure, a little bit of heaven fell
>From out the sky one day
And it nestled on the ocean
In a spot so far away

And when the angels found it
Shure, it looked so sweet and fair
They said, "Suppose we leave it
For it looks so peaceful there"

So they sprinkled it with stardust
Just to make the shamrocks grow
‘Tis the only place you'll find them
No matter where you go

Then they dotted it with silver
To make its lakes so grand
And when they had it finished
Shure, they called it Ireland!