From the 1946 musical “Finian’s Rainbow”.
Words by E. Y. Harburg.
Music by Burton Lane.
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
I hear a bird, Londonderry bird
It well may be he’s bringing me a cheering word
I hear a breeze, a River Shannon breeze
It well may be it’s followed me across the seas
Then tell me please
Refrain
How are things in Glocca Morra?
Is that little brook still leaping there?
Does it still run down to Donnycove?
Through Killybegs, Kilkerry and Kildare?
How are things in Glocca Morra?
Is that willow tree still weeping there?
Does that {laddie/lassie} with the twinklin’ eye
Come {whistlin’/smilin’} by and does {he/she} walk away
Sad and dreamy there not to see me there?
So I ask each weepin’ willow
And each brook along the way
And each {lad/lass} that comes {a-whistlin’/a-sighin’} Too-ra-lay
How are things in Glocca Morra this fine day?
Sung here by Fred Feild: