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Thread #639   Message #1781
Posted By: Bert Hansell
31-Jan-97 - 12:02 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral: Irish lullaby
Subject: RE: Too-a-loo-ra-loo-ra: Irish lullaby
My Father sings a WWII songs to the tune of the chorus. I don't know if there's any more to it.

Bert.

The girls that work in the arsenal,

they're working night and day,

piling up munitions for the soldiers far away

and when our war is over, our governor he will say

"Girls you've done your duty, you deserve a holiday"