izzy was a tailor down the lower east side the very man to top you off with dignity and pride his mother wanted him to marry a katz from houston street a great big strapping lump of a girl with two big awkward feet but izzy was a cantor in the synagogue he kept the laws of israel with the greatest of resolve he didn t fancy esther katz her pastrami left him cold he wanted a taste of irish love before he grew too old he was looking for rosemary eileen statia ann mcknowles ever after to be known as izzy s irish rose forever and ever and ever young rosie ann mcknowles will be the queen of orchard street izzy s irish rose so he went to rabbi hershowitz and he said oh me oh my i want a wife back home in bed who ll keep me satisfied the rabbi nodded wisely i understand my son i have an auld one home in the bed she s a menace to god and man for she never shuts up talking morning noon til night i have to go to the irish pub to get some peace and quiet so they sped off to the shebeen down delancy street the lord works in mysterious ways but he s usually discreet for there they met rosemary eileen statia ann mcknowles ever after to be known as izzy s irish rose forever and ever and ever young rosie ann mcknowles will be the queen of orchard street izzy s irish rose now rosie was the finest girl out of sligo town she had a head of red hair that stretched all of the way down past her lovely derriere to her gorgeous thighs but her crownin jewels were her smoldering opalescent eyes which she cast up at our hero sippin his watery wine sent the power of abraham coursin down his spine the rabbi nodded oh i understand my son the lord provideth many paths and yours has just begun so he ordered up two pints of ireland s finest beer with a couple of shots to wash em down and he said i do declare i hear the bells of heaven aringin in me head that goy would be a joy in any son of israel s bed izzy s sacred mother was beside herself with grief til the rabbi took her to the pub down on delancey street her eyes lit up when she heard the till go clangalang oy veh that irish shiksa could use an honest man so if you re down on orchard street and see some red haired men they re all the seed of izzy sons of israel to the end but each and everyone of them ll drink you out of house and home for they re sprung from the womb of rosie eileen statia ann mcknowles oh you re lookin at rosemary eileen statia ann mcknowles ever after to be known as izzy s irish rose forever and ever and ever young rosie ann mcknowles will be the queen of orchard street izzy s irish rose