PRETTY KITTY KELLY
Ed G Nelson (m) Harry Pease (l)  1920

as rec by Charles Harrison  May 21st 1920 New York

also rec by Florrie Forde '31


Somewhere in Ireland, over the sea,
A sweet little colleen is waiting for me.
When I went away I said it won't be long,
Sure all day it's me who keeps singing this song;

Pretty Kitty Kelly,
She's the only girl for me.
Pretty Kitty Kelly,
She is all my eyes can see!
For there's not a colleen sweeter
In the land where shamrock grows,
Than my pretty Kitty Kelly,
She's my wild Irish rose!

I wrote a letter to Kitty, my own,
And told her that I'd soon be starting for home.
I know when she reads it, will sure make her smile,
For faith, and I can't help but sing all the while;

Pretty Kitty Kelly,
She's the only girl for me.
Pretty Kitty Kelly,
She is all my eyes can see!
For there's not a colleen sweeter
In the land where shamrock grows,
Than my pretty Kitty Kelly,
She's my wild Irish rose!

For there's not a colleen sweeter
In the land where shamrock grows,
Than my pretty Kitty Kelly,
She's my wild Irish rose!





(Contributed by Peter Akers - November 2010)