A waltz song from the play “Reilly and the 400”, 1890.
words by Edward Harrigan
music by David Braham
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by Benjamin R. Tubb:
Lyrics
- Behind a grammar schoolhouse
In a double tenement
I live with my old mother
And always pay the rent
A bedroom and a parlor
Is all we call our own
And you’re welcome every evening
At Maggie Murphy’s home
Chorus
On Sunday night, ’tis my delight
And pleasure don’t you see
Meeting all the girls and all the boys
That work downtown with me
There’s an organ in the parlor
To give the house a tone
And you’re welcome every evening
At Maggie Murphy’s home
- Such dancing in the parlor
There’s a waltz for you and I
Such mashing in the corner
And kisses on the sly
O bless the leisure hours
That working people know
And they’re welcome every evening
At Maggie Murphy’s home - It’s from the open window
At the noontime of the day
You’ll see the neighbor’s children
So happy at their play
There’s Jimmy with his Nelly
Together romp and roam
And they gather in the schoolyard
Near Maggie Murphy’s home - I walk through Hogan’s Alley
At the closing of the day
To greet my dear old mother
You’ll hear the neighbours say
“Oh, there goes little Maggie
I wish she were my own
Oh, may blessings ever linger
O’er Maggie Murphy’s home”
Sung here by Fred Feild: