We Irish love to sing We Irish love to dance We Irish love to party Whener' we get the chance We have a lot of troubles But we have a lot of soul We'll drink a pint of Guinness And forget about our woes Ei-ee-ei, ei-ee-ei, we Irish are the best We love our myths and stories We love a mournful song We love our joyful music And a good old sing-a-long We love our pennywhistle Uilleann pipes and air bodhrán We Irish love our football Our heroes and our homes We Irish love to sing We Irish love to dance We Irish love to party Whener' we get the chance We have a lot of troubles But we have a lot of soul We'll drink a pint of Guinness And forget about our woes Ei-ee-ei, ei-ee-ei, we Irish are the best We Irish love St. Patty We love to celebrate And nothing suits us better than An all-out green parade Green beer and hats and jackets Green dresses, shirts and ties And nothing could be brighter Than the light in Irish eyes We got a pub on every corner And a church to worship in We party hard then pray the Lord Forgive us of our sins We rid ourselves of grief and guilt Relieve our troubled hearts I know God loves the Irish And accepts us as we are We Irish love to sing We Irish love to dance We Irish love to party Whener' we get the chance We have a lot of troubles But we have a lot of soul We'll drink a pint of Guinness And forget about our woes Ei-ee-ei, ei-ee-ei, we Irish are the best Ei-ee-ei, ei-ee-ei, we Irish are the best We Irish love to sing We Irish love to dance We Irish love to party Whener' we get the chance We have a lot of troubles But we have a lot of soul We'll drink a pint of Guinness And forget about our woes Ei-ee-ei, ei-ee-ei, we Irish are the best Ei-ee-ei, ei-ee-ei, we Irish are the best