Well, I found the tune in a Dover songbook, Dick. I gotta say something for Dover - they've saved a lot of wonderful old music with their reprints. Here's the tune. Yeah, I know the ABC is weird. Alan's working on it.
-Joe Offer-
MIDI file: WHENIR~1.MID
Timebase: 192
Name: When Irish Eyes Are Smiling
Text: By Ernest R. Ball, Chauncey Olcott, Geo Graff, Jr.
Copyright: 1912 by M. Witmark & Sons
Key: D
TimeSig: 3/4 24 8
Start
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EndThis program is worth the effort of learning it.
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ABC format:
X:1
T:When Irish Eyes Are Smiling
M:3/4
Q:1/4=120
K:D
FG|A7/4z/4d7/4z/4B7/4z/4|A7/2z/2FG|A7/4z/4d7/4z/4B7/4z/4|
A7/4z/4F7/4z/4E7/4z/4|D7/4z/4E7/4z/4F7/4z/4|
F7/4z/4E7/4z/4D7/4z/4|A6|-A7/4z9/4EF|G7/4z/4F7/4z/4E7/4z/4|
G7/4z/4F7/4z/4E7/4z/4|D7/4z/4E7/4z/4F7/4z/4|
A7/4z/4G7/4z/4F7/4z/4|E7/4z/4F7/4z/4^G7/4z/4|
B7/4z/4c7/4z/4E7/4z/4|A6|-A7/4z9/4FG|A7/4z/4d7/4z/4B7/4z/4|
A7/4z/4F7/4z/4G7/4z/4|A7/4z/4d7/4z/4B7/4z/4|
A7/4z/4F7/4z/4E7/4z/4|D7/4z/4E7/4z/4F7/4z/4|
F7/4z/4E7/4z/4D7/4z/4|d6|-d7/4z9/4Bc|d7/4z/4B7/4z/4c7/4z/4|
d7/4z/4c7/4z/4B7/4z/4|c7/4z/4A7/4z/4B7/4z/4|
c7/4z/4B7/4z/4A7/4z/4|E2F7/4z/4^G7/4z/4|B7/2z/2c7/4z/4|
A6|-A7/2z/2A7/4z/4|F7/2z/2F7/4z/4|E7/2z/2D7/4z/4|
F7/4z/4A4|-A7/4z/4F7/4z/4D7/4z/4|G7/2z/2B7/4z/4|
d7/2z/2B7/4z/4|A6|-A7/2z/2Bc|d7/2z/2c7/4z/4|
d7/2z/2c7/4z/4|B7/4z/4A7/2z/2|G7/2z/2F7/4z/4|
B7/2z/2E7/4z/4|E7/2z/2F7/4z/4|E6|-E7/4z9/4A7/4z/4|
F7/2z/2F7/4z/4|E7/2z/2D7/4z/4|F7/4z/4A4|-A7/4z/4F7/4z/4D7/4z/4|
G7/2z/2B7/4z/4|d7/2z/2B7/4z/4|A6|-A7/4z/4B7/4z/4c7/4z/4|
d7/2z/2c7/4z/4|e7/2z/2d7/4z/4|f11/2z/2|A7/4z/4^G7/4z/4A7/4z/4|
B2c7/4z/4d7/4z/4|e7/2z/2d7/4z/4|d11/2||
corrected 3/1/98. I also corrected the lyrics above, which were missing the words "so tender" in the second verse.
-Joe Offer-