Irish Heartbeat

Van Morrison

Oh won’t you stay
Stay a while with your own ones
Don’t ever stray
Stray so far from your own ones
For the world is so cold
Don’t care nothing for your soul
You share with your own ones

Don’t rush away
Rush away from your own ones
Just one more day
One more day with your own ones
This old world is so cold
Don’t care nothing ’bout your soul
You share with your own ones

And there’s a stranger
And he’s standing outside your door
Might be your best friend, might be your brother
You may never know

I’m going back
Going back to my own ones
Back to talk
Talk a while with my own ones
This old world is so cold
Don’t care nothing ’bout your soul
You share with your own ones

Oh won’t you stay
Stay a while with your own ones
Don’t ever stray
Stray so far from your own ones
For the world is so cold
Don’t care nothing for your soul
You share with your own ones

As sung by Billy Connolly.

Irish Heartbeat is a popular song that was first recorded on Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison‘s 1983 album Inarticulate Speech of the Heart. A remake with the Chieftains was also included on Morrison’s 1988 album, Irish Heartbeat, and was released as a single with Star of the County Down as the B-side.