![]() ![]() Sometimes, the way that I sit is, like, a lot like my mum, and I do this thing with my foot that's just like my mum. It really interests me what everyone gets. It's, like, oh, it's about all the things that we inherit and the things that we take from our ancestors. It's almost like the song told me what it was about. The next line came of, like, my father says I have English hair.īETTS: (Singing) Brown like the bark of an oak somewhere, like the bed of a lake where the hemlock grows, like the thorn in the stem of an English rose.Īnd I was, like, oh, that's what this song is about. And suddenly.īETTS: (Singing) My father says I have English hair, English hair. And I - a few months ago, I was like, I remember that. I never got beyond that first opening line 'cause I didn't quite know where the song wanted to go. And yeah, I think lately, I felt very connected to my Irish culture.īETTS: (Singing) Irish eyes, Irish eyes. But my mother's family are all very, very Irish, and I grew up completely around Irish culture and around my grandparents. I would say I was English because that's where I grew up. (SOUNDBITE OF ROSE BETTS SONG, "IRISH EYES")īETTS: I wouldn't say I was Irish. So that's kind of where the line came from. I have the same eyes as my mother, and I think she has the same eyes as my grandmother. That first line of that song I actually started writing about seven years ago. I'm from London, England, area originally, but I live in LA at the moment.īETTS: (Singing) They go ever so blue under stormy skies, but they're never so blue as when I let them cry. I'm a singer-songwriter.īETTS: (Singing) My mother says I have Irish eyes, Irish eyes. Other songs have a good beat and layers of stories behind them. Some songs don't have any more to them than a good beat you can dance to, and that's fine by me. ![]()
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