From “Up and Down Broadway”, 1910
Words by Sterling and Costello
Music by Albert Von Tilzer
The sheet music:
Lyrics
- From the day that Miss McCann
Had been christened Mary Ann
Sure she captured everybody with her charms
Faith, they’d come from far and near
Just to see the little dear
All the boys would beg to hold her in their arms
They all watched her grow from childhood
Until she was sweet sixteen
And the cuddlin’ habit grew from day to day
But at arums length she’d hold them
IF they’d try to hug she’d scold them
Till young Pat Mahone proposed to her this way
Chorus
M-A-R-Y Mary, A double N, Mary Ann
With a cheek that glows like a red, red rose
You’d steal away the heart of any man
You’ve a smile so bright and cheery
And I love you Miss McCann
M-A-R-Y Mary, A double N, Mary Ann
- When she said to Pat Mahone
Arrah, please leave me alone
‘Tis yourself that has the blarney, Paddy dear
Sure the boys all say the same
They want me to change my name
“Well,” said Pat, “ain’t I the only boy that’s here”
And then the villian held her
And he gave her lips a smack
And said he, sure I won’t change the Mary Ann
There’s no first name I like better
It just suits me to the letter
But Mahone must be the last name, not McCann