M-A-R-Y, Mary, A Double N, Mary Ann

From “Up and Down Broadway”, 1910
Words by Sterling and Costello
Music by Albert Von Tilzer


The sheet music:


Lyrics

  1. 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

  1. 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