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'Irish Eyes' by Rose Betts — Isabel Dumaa's a cappella cover
100k ft — What is this?
'Irish Eyes' by Rose Betts — Isabel Dumaa's a cappella cover
50k ft — Why care?
Isabel Dumaa sings Rose Betts's 'Irish Eyes', a modern folk song built on a repeated 'my mother says / my father says' inheritance structure. Clean vocal reference for St Patrick's season.
10k ft — Key takeaways
• Parent-inheritance imagery is a strong lyrical frame
• Triple-repeated phrases ('Irish eyes, Irish eyes') make an instant earworm
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1k ft — Deep-dive / try it
Happy Saint Paddy’s this song has been stuck in my head all weeeek
song: Irish Eyes by @rosebettsmusic
Transcript excerpt
my mother says i have irish eyes, irish eyes, irish eyes my mother says i have irish eyes, they go ever so blue under stormy skies, they're never so blue is when i let them cry my father says i have english hair, english hair, english hair brown like the bark of an oak somewhere, like the bed of a lake where the hemlock grow, like the bowing on a stem of an english roll i'm sure, i'm above them all with my irish eyes