Some folks think of Ireland as just forty shades of green
With blarney stones and old bog roads and I'll take you home Kathleen
And they sing along old Irish songs and to hear the banshee call
But they're missing part of my land that matters most of all

There's a heart that beats in Ireland, you can hear it everywhere
In the cities and the countryside, you can feel it in the air
In the welcome hand, the parting glass, the smile from young and old
And the heart that beats in Ireland is a heart of gold

That heart is always ready to lend a helping hand
When famine, flood or trouble strikes at another land
And there always shines an Irish smile from an Irish boy or girl
And that heart that beats in Ireland, beats all around the world

There's a heart that beats in Ireland you can hear it everywhere
In the cities and the countryside, you can feel it in the air
In the welcome hand, the parting glass, the smile from young and old
And the heart that beats in Ireland is a heart of gold

Yes the heart that beats in Ireland is a heart of gold