1st verse:]

In an Irish neighborhood

Abie kept a clothing store

But business wasn't good

No one came into the store and Abe wondered why

But soon winked his eye

Then bought up ev'ry Irish song that he could buy

In an hour and a half

Someone taught him how to sing the Irish songs somehow

He learned them all with ease

Them Irish melodies

He knows them all by heart and now



[chorus:]

When an Irishman looks in the window

Abie sings an Irish song

When a suit of clothes he sells

He turns around and yells

"By Killarney's lakes and dells"

Any time an Irish customer comes in the place

Thinking that it's owned by someone of the Irish race

If he looks at Abie with a doubt upon his face

Abie sings an Irish song



[2nd verse:]

Ev'ry morning Abie goes

Through the store a-singing

"Where the River Shannon flows"

Business it is bringing and he knows what is best

He don't take a rest

He sings "Killarney" when he sells a coat and vest

Any time he gets a cold

Down his throat a bunch of fancy cough drops he will push

When anyone is near

He sings "Acushla Dear"

With emphasis upon the "cush"



[2nd chorus:]

When an Irishman looks in the window

Abie sings an Irish song

When a suit of clothes he sells

He turns around and yells

"By Killarney's lakes and dells"

Any time an Irishman comes in to pick a bone

If he looks at Abie and hollers in an angry tone

"I would like to wrestle with a Levi or a Cohn"

Abie sings an Irish song