Karaoké I'll Settle For Old Ireland Derek Ryan

They sing about the hills of Oklahoma

Or the big Swiss mountains where the yodelers call

They sing about the black hills of Dakota

But I'll settle for the hills of Donegal

With the homesick blues each Irish heart is hurtin' in London California Adelaide

And while they're over searchin' for their fortune

With a little happiness they've got it made

Those songs about the fairest of the sexes or the belles of Tennessee

I've heard before

They sing about the yellow rose of Texas

But I'll settle for the rose of Aranmore

They sing about the sun in California or the pretty songs of Nashville, Tennessee

They sing about the moon in Carolina

But I'll settle for the cottage by the leaves

With the homesick blues each Irish heart is hurtin' in London California Adelaide

And while they're over searchin' for their fortune

With a little happiness they've got it made

Those glossy magazines with pretty pictures of continental gold and yellow sands

But the homeland and her charms they can't depict them

I'll settle for the shores of Ireland

Yes I'll settle for the shores of Ireland