“That’s an Irish Lullaby” | Grandma’s Stories

Jul 19th “That’s an Irish Lullaby”

“Too-ra-Loo-ra-Loo-ral”…

“That’s an Irish Lullaby” – Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral” … the music sheet for this “Scottish-Irish” Celtic Lyrics song, so often sung in the movies by Bing Crosby is one song that I could listen to… over and over and never get tired of listening!

Posting the “Piano-Player Cat – Pearl” yesterday just brought to mind… that it would be wonderful if “Pearl” could play “Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral” – “That’s an Irish Lullaby” … because I just know that “Pearl” had to be an Irish Cat… living in and with an Irish family and we all like good folk songs and music!

When I was a very young girl … we had radio and record players… and at our home, we had large baskets full of records… all the best of music… lots of light “Opera” … because my Mother would sing along as she had a beautiful voice.

If my Mother felt like singing, she would and do so without the background music of a record and also without having the radio playing. MOM with her terrific voice singing.. was always just the best of sounds to me! “Then and when” … we were living at the “Orphanage” … my Mother brought the sheet music for “Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral”…. for me to learn to play… but without lessons it was difficult…

There was a girl or two that were learning to play the piano and even one, a “Lucille Yoergler ” learning to play the accordion and they would play the song the best that they could, as it did take a little more than they had to give… to make it terrific!

Most of the NUNS were German and not of Irish descent… so not as interested in playing an Irish song just for me… and those that could play the song just might once and never again.

So, for me the most important thing in life would be… and that is… if I was “LUCKY” to have children… they would learn to play the “PIANO”… if they never ever learn how to do anything else!

As it goes… I was blessed in that both of my sons did learn to play the “PIANO” as well as several other musical instruments and they can read and write music… and one other extra gift that they received… they can listen to NEW Music, before the music sheet is published for SALE… and write the notes down that they hear.

So, now I get to hear the best music that I want to hear and performed by my sons, always in the here and “NOW” and just as often as I want to hear it!

In the 1970’s and 1980’s… I had gone to the Orphanage and would bring to my house a couple of the NUNS… some that were still living there… so that, they would enjoy dinner and lunch at my house and while at my house… they would enjoy playing the Lowery Organ that my sons would also play… so now we would have plenty of good music and song.

The “song” would be my department and of course “great singers, like me” are always told… “Don’t quit your day time job!”

The name of the game now… time spent with these NUNS at my house was fun and enjoyment… nothing like this ever took place… when I was a little girl in that Orphanage!

The best memory was of “Sister Margaret Mary”…a very good friend of mine who, just loved to play the “Organ” and was a natural, as she also played the “Church Organ” at the Orphanage.

When she would play my favorite piece of music… “Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral” … those feelings you get when you hear music being played to perfection… the music was right there… hearing and seeing… so much so…that I almost expected “Bing Crosby” to start singing the song … just as he did in the movie!

performance in 1944’s Going My Way.