| AKA | |
| First Published | 1922 |
| Writer/composer | Neil McBeath | Roud | RN26813 |
| Music Hall Performers | Talbot O'Farrell |
| Folk performances | Collected from the singing of: Dwyer, Mrs; Canada : Newfoundland; 1964 |
From Sheet Music: Right in the heart o’the Emerald Isle A colleen there lives with a wonderful smile She has a lover who sings all the while When together they sit in the gloaming: When the angels made your smile, My Molly Maloney They were singing all the while, Sweet Molly Maloney They surely work’d for weeks and weeks making those dimples that stow in your cheeks, Then they sent you below to let the world know Of the smile of Molly Maloney. Molly has ways just as sweet and unique As the peaches that bloom on her cheek. Somehow you’d think she was too mild and meek To be told ev’ry night the old story:
A song from the 1920s associated with the singer Talbot O’Farrell, who performed many similar sentimental Irish songs. It also featured in the repertoire of Edgar Thomas and a number of other artists. Thomas’s recording is available below.
In 1964 it was collected from the singing of a Canadian singer, Mrs Dwyer, by Fred Earle and John Widdowson.
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%3A26813
- Kilgarrif Sing Us
- Lyrics and Sheet Music: Francis &Day’s Annual. no43, p20 (personal collection)
Last Updated on May 5, 2023 by John Baxter | Published: May 5, 2023
