My mother says I have Irish eyes eyes They go ever so blue under stormy skies But they're never as when let them cry father English hair hair Brown like the bark of an oak somewhere Like bed a lake where hemlock grows th? thorn in stem rose I'm map world and ones before One foot sea one on shore Every step every hope flung high all with my nana travelling feet Travelling feet Slippers for princesses don't fit me dance to own drum bright bold And always get home sister I've restless soul Restless soul Easy catch but hard hold song wind that you caught day your skin then slip away