{"id":15940,"date":"2022-04-28T06:33:28","date_gmt":"2022-04-28T06:33:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/folksongandmusichall.com\/?page_id=15940"},"modified":"2022-04-28T06:42:52","modified_gmt":"2022-04-28T06:42:52","slug":"is-your-mother-in-molly-malone","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/folksongandmusichall.com\/index.php\/is-your-mother-in-molly-malone\/","title":{"rendered":"Is your mother in, Molly Malone?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
AKA<\/strong><\/td>Mollie Malone
Is your mother home, Molly Malone?<\/td><\/tr>
First Published<\/td>1903<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Writer\/composer<\/td>A J Mills and George Everard<\/td>Roud<\/strong><\/td>RN24226<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Music Hall Performers<\/strong><\/td> Walter Munroe<\/td><\/tr>
Folk performances<\/strong><\/td>Collected from the singing of:<\/strong>
Metcalfe, Ruth; Canada : Nova Scotia ; 1957
Costello, Cecilia; England : Warwickshire;1967
Walmsley, Molly; England : Lancashire; 1969 <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Young Michael McGee loved Miss Molly Malone,\nAnd longed for the time when he'd call her his own;\nAll sorts of excuses to see her he'd make,\nAs he hung 'round the house every day.\nOne evening he tapped at the door - and his love\nSweet Molly looked out from the window above,\nSaid she, \"Go away! Sure in trouble I'll get!\"\nBut he answered, \"I'll not go away!\"\n\n\"Is your mother in, Molly Malone?\"\nMolly sighed, \"She's out!\"\n\"Is your father in, Molly Malone?\"\nMolly cried, \"He's out!\"\n\"Then can I come in by the fireside,\nAnd sit there along with you?\"\nBut she said with a smile, \"Oh you'll wait for a while,\nFor the fire's out, too!\"<\/em>\n\nWhen an Irishman worships a pair of bright eyes,\nTo get at them, sure, he'll tell all sorts of lies!\n\"A faint heart it never won fair lady yet,\"\nAnd that old saying young Michael knew.\nSo he stood there and argued for quite a long while,\nAnd Molly said, \"Please go away with your guile!\"\n\"Och! Why do you worry me so?\" he replied,\n\"It's your mother I'm wantin', not you!\"\n\nYoung Michael looked up, as he scratched his 'old poll,' \nAnd said, \"Troth I'm in trouble, I am, 'pon my soul!\nIf your parents are out now, and I can't come in,\nBy the piper, sure, I'm out as well!\nFor I've recently purchased a neat golden ring,\nFor your left hand's third finger it's just the right thing!\"\nSaid Molly, \"Sure, tho' they're all out, I'm at home \u2014\nSo you needn't stand down there and yell \u2014\n<\/pre>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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A song by the prolific lyricist AJ Mills <\/a>with music composed by George Everard – a big hit throughout the English-speaking world in the 1900s. On the British Music Hall stage it was most associated with the comedian Walter Munroe.<\/a> Not to be confused with the many other songs featuring the stage-Irish character “Molly Malone”, eg Cockles and Mussels<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
A slightly truncated version recorded by Billy Murray in 1906, the video features  an example of the postcards that were commonly used to publicise songs in the UK in the 20th century:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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