I'm Not Really Irish

OK, so I gave you all the lyrics to the real song last year - here's Mark's & my "new and improved" (LOL) version for this year.  I'm very pleased by how collaborative this effort actually was (though Mark still did most of the work - I did come up with nearly all of 2 verses!  ;)).

Enjoy.  :)

I'm Not Really Irish
by Mark Baker-Wright and Ruth Wright

One night last week I pined away, at places far and near
All the sights I've never seen and never will, I fear.
I know I'll never see the place, and yet I dream to see
that land of magic wonderment, that calls so much to me.

I'll always be Irish!  Well, actually, I lie!
I'm NOT really Irish, you can poke me in the eye!
Although I can sing Danny Boy, and even sing it well,
if I try an Irish accent it will make you want to yell!

I'm not really Irish, I guess that's plain to see -
I'm not really Irish, though I'd give the world to be!
I love to eat potatoes, and I'm not real fond of snakes,
but the closest I can get to green is baking minty cakes!

I'm not really Irish; I've known this for awhile.
I'm not really Irish, 'though I love the Emerald Isle.
I'd love to kiss the Blarney stone, and have the gift of gab,
but I fear that my inanity would make it rather drab.

I wish I were Irish, and had that lovely hair.
I wish I were Irish with the passion that lives there!
But since I'm an American, I've gotten used to that,
and I guess I'll have to settle for this T-shirt and a hat.