Irish traditional song lyrics — collected by Beer Belly Band.
I’m not the kind to complain that I never had a girl to love
Many fine girls I tried hard to know, but I guess I never tried enough
Sitting one day by myself and thinking what could be wrong
When this funny little hedgehog, come running up to me
And he starts up to singin’ this song
Chorus:
Oh you know all the words, and you sung all the notes
But you never quite learned the song, she sang
I can tell by the sadness in your eyes
That you never quite learned the song
Every day when the sun goes down and the evening is so very still
Many fine girls I’ve held in my arms and I hope there’s many more that I will
But just when everything is right and absolutely nothing is wrong
There’s this funny little hedgehog, he’s always around,
And he always wants to sing me this song
Chorus
One day when the moon was blue, I thought I might settle down
Found myself a pretty little girl and stopped all my running around
But just when the preacher come along and he’s just going to pop on the ring
And this funny little hedgehog comes running down the aisle
And I don’t have to tell you what he did sing
Chorus
I’m not the kind to complain that I never had a girl to love
Many fine girls I tried hard to know, but I guess I never tried enough
Now I’ll sitting all my days and it isn’t just me I’ve gotta please
There’s this funny little hedgehog he’s always around
And the only words he ever sings to me are these
Chorus