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Are You the O'Reilly?

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Title
Are You the O'Reilly?
Alternative Title
  • Blime Me, O’Reilly, You Are Lookin’ Well
  • "Are You the O'Reilly?" / (Blime Me, O’Reilly, You Are Lookin’ Well)
Composer
Rooney, Pat  
Lyricist
Emmett, P.  
Publisher
Leo Feist Inc.  
Place of Publication
New York (N.Y.)  
Year of Publication
1915  
Date of Copyright
1915-05-26
Physical Description
1 score, voice and piano ([1-2], 3-5, [6] p.)
Dedication
Dedication
Subject - Topic
  • World War, 1914-1918  
  • Songs and music  
  • Popular music  
Subject - Geographic
United States  
Subject - Temporal
1911-1920  
Lyrics
  • [verse 1] I’m Terence O’Reilly, I’m a man of renown / I’m a thoroughbred to the backbone; / I’m related to O’Connor, my mother was queen / Of China, ten miles from Athlone; / But if they’d let me be, I’d have Ireland free, / On the railroads you would pay no fare, / I’d have the United States under my thumb, / And I’d sleep in the President’s chair.
  • [refrain 1] Are you the O’Reilly that keeps this hotel? Are you the O’Reilly they speak of so well? / Are you the O’Reilly they speak of so highly? / Gor blime me, O’Reilly, you are looking well.
  • [verse 2] There’s Shamus O’Reilly who kept the hotel / He’s assigned to the Commissary; / Back home in old Dublin he did very well, / But he's now working for the army. / He once served at the “Pub,” but he’s now serving grub, / And it’s flavored with powder and lead / He took the King's shilling to go do his killing, / But he’s cooking for sojers instead.
  • [refrain 2]
  • [verse 3] Young Ludwig O’Reilly that may be his name, / In the trench on the enemy’s side; / I glimpsed his big helmet and potted the same, / And to “helmit” went Ludwig’s right eye; / Then his brother named Fritz, Nearly gave us all fits, / We were laughing at what he had done, / When up rose the blighter a bally good fighter, / And he started us all on the run.
  • [refrain 3]
Repository
Newberry Library
Rights
NoC-US
Rights Description
The organization that has made the Item available believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Item may not be in the Public Domain under the laws of other countries. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information.
Original Location
Box 163
Local Identifier
nda163_009
Collection Title
James Francis Driscoll Collection of American Sheet Music
Collection
World War I Sheet Music from the James Francis Driscoll Collection of American Sheet Music
TitleAre You the O'Reilly?
Alternative Title
  • Blime Me, O’Reilly, You Are Lookin’ Well
  • "Are You the O'Reilly?" / (Blime Me, O’Reilly, You Are Lookin’ Well)
ComposerRooney, Pat  
LyricistEmmett, P.  
PublisherLeo Feist Inc.  
Place of PublicationNew York (N.Y.)  
Year of Publication1915  
Date of Copyright1915-05-26
Physical Description1 score, voice and piano ([1-2], 3-5, [6] p.)
DedicationDedication
Subject - Topic
  • World War, 1914-1918  
  • Songs and music  
  • Popular music  
Subject - GeographicUnited States  
Subject - Temporal1911-1920  
Lyrics
  • [verse 1] I’m Terence O’Reilly, I’m a man of renown / I’m a thoroughbred to the backbone; / I’m related to O’Connor, my mother was queen / Of China, ten miles from Athlone; / But if they’d let me be, I’d have Ireland free, / On the railroads you would pay no fare, / I’d have the United States under my thumb, / And I’d sleep in the President’s chair.
  • [refrain 1] Are you the O’Reilly that keeps this hotel? Are you the O’Reilly they speak of so well? / Are you the O’Reilly they speak of so highly? / Gor blime me, O’Reilly, you are looking well.
  • [verse 2] There’s Shamus O’Reilly who kept the hotel / He’s assigned to the Commissary; / Back home in old Dublin he did very well, / But he's now working for the army. / He once served at the “Pub,” but he’s now serving grub, / And it’s flavored with powder and lead / He took the King's shilling to go do his killing, / But he’s cooking for sojers instead.
  • [refrain 2]
  • [verse 3] Young Ludwig O’Reilly that may be his name, / In the trench on the enemy’s side; / I glimpsed his big helmet and potted the same, / And to “helmit” went Ludwig’s right eye; / Then his brother named Fritz, Nearly gave us all fits, / We were laughing at what he had done, / When up rose the blighter a bally good fighter, / And he started us all on the run.
  • [refrain 3]
RepositoryNewberry Library
RightsNoC-US
Rights DescriptionThe organization that has made the Item available believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Item may not be in the Public Domain under the laws of other countries. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information.
Original LocationBox 163
Local Identifiernda163_009
Collection TitleJames Francis Driscoll Collection of American Sheet Music
CollectionWorld War I Sheet Music from the James Francis Driscoll Collection of American Sheet Music

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