This gets the yellow smiley face with tears of joy from us

Emojis first appeared back in 1999 with a set of 176 symbols that were meant to convey weather, traffic, technology and time. Today there are 3,000 or so - it's no wonder Christy Moore is confused.

Christy's an old soul who is completely baffled by these modern day hieroglyphics, as we found out on Gift Grub.

He can sing about anything that fella!

Check out the fun in full by pressing the play button on screen.

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