AKA | Norah Malone |
First Published | 1909 |
Writer/composer | Julie McCree / Albert von Tilzer | Roud | RN16724 |
Music Hall Performers | The Hedges Brothers and Jacobson |
Folk performances | Collected from the singing of: McCarthy, Mikeen; Ireland : Co. Kerry; 1975/76 Unknown singer ; County Wexford Traditional Singers ; 1993 Modern performances Ruby Murray, |
Nora Malone, long have I known How you've been teasin' When you should be pleasin' your boy, my own When you're away, I fret and pray Just to be hearin' a word that's endearin' You should send me one ev'ry day Nora Malone, call me by phone Number one, two, three, four, main Don't forget the number while you slumber Open your eyes when you arise Hear all the blarney of your Barney Carney from Killarney Colleens are few, there's none like you In the old town of Athlone Mushawurra, wurra, wurra, wurra Old Erin's isle could not make me smile Without Nora Malone I love to hear, Barney my dear Weepin' and wailin' as though you were ailin' When I'm not here, I'll be your bride, when love decides Now stop your cooin' and your silly wooin' I want to hear somethin' besides
A hit in the period before the first war, this song from America’s Tin Pan Alley was incorporated into the New York production of The Yankee Girl in 1910, but in Ireland and mainland Britain it was popularised in the music halls by the Hedges Brothers and Jacobson.
The Hedges Brothers and Jacobson were a relatively short lived trio from San Francisco who were very popular in the UK during the short ragtime craze of 1911 to 1912.
Ruby sings it!
Sources:
- Entries in the Roud Indexes at the Vaughn Williams Memorial Library: https://archives.vwml.org/search/all:single[folksong-broadside-books]/0_50/all/score_desc/extended-roudNo_tr%3A16724
- Kilgarrif Sing Us
- Lyrics and Sheet Music(US): York University Sheet Music Collections
- VERMAZEN, B. (2013) ‘“Those Entertaining Frisco Boys”: Hedges Brothers and Jacobson’, Journal of the Society for American Music, 7(1), pp. 29–63. doi:10.1017/S1752196312000478.
Last Updated on May 19, 2024 by John Baxter | Published: February 16, 2022