A popular song from 1920.
Words and music by Harry Pease and Ed. G. Nelson.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- Somewhere in Ireland far 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
Chorus
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, ’twill sure make her smile
Oh, Faith and I can’t help but sing all the while