From the musical revue “Hello Broadway”, 1915
Words and music by George M. Cohan
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- Oh, Mary dear, come over here
You’re the Miss I’m missing so
Oh, Mary do come over to your Irish Romeo
Oh, I wouldn’t be here and you know it, dear
Could I afford to go
To the land I love so dearly, Tipperary
Oh, Mary come, I’ll be so kind and gentle to you, dear
You’ll not be lonely for you’ll find
A lot of Irish here
Chorus
Mary, Mary, oh, how I long for you, dear
Oh, you know I’ll never get to Tipperary
So why don’t you come over here?
The O’Briens and the Ryans
And the Dolans are here
The Nolans are here to stay
Oh, you’ll find there’s quite
A bit of Tipperary, Mary
Right here on old Broadway
- The McGinns are here and the Flynns are here
The Reilly’s and Magees
There’s the Callahans and the Sullivans
They’re all good K. of C’s
There’s the Donneleys and the Connellys
As Irish as you please
Yes every mother’s son from Tipperary
I’ll have you shake the hand of John McGraw
Who shook my own
I’ll have you meet the President
Through Dudley Field Malone
Chorus
Mary, Mary, oh, how I long for you, dear
Oh, you know I’ll never get to Tipperary
So why don’t you come over here?
Sure the Shea’s and O’Day’s
And McFaddens are here
The Maddens are here to stay
Oh, you’ll find there’s quite
A bit of Tipperary, Mary
Right here on old Broadway
Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: