"A Little Bit of Heaven"

Have you ever heard

 the Story of how

 Ireland got its Name?

I'll tell you, so you'll understand from

whence olde Ireland came.

No wonder that we're proud of that

Dear Land across the Sea.

For here's the way me Dear olde Mother,

told the Tale to me.

Shure, a little bit of Heaven fell from

out the sky one day,

And 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.

`Tis a Dear olde Land of Fairies and of

wond'rous Wishing Wells;

And no where else on God's green

Earth have they such Lakes and Dells!

No wonder that the Angels loved Its

Shamrock-bordered shore.

`Tis a little bit of Heaven and I Love

It more and more.

~ A Tale of Ireland

~Beannaichte' (3-10-12)