From Indiana University Sheet Music Collections

IN THE GOOD OLD IRISH WAY
(Words, Ed Moran and Vincent Bryan. Music, Harry Von Tilzer. 1918.)
"Introduced with great success by Van and Schenk."

Dan McCarty gave a party on St. Patrick's night.
Ev'ryone drank hearty, and they had a lovely fight.
Mac lives up three flights of stairs above a liquor store.
A German band was practicing upon the second floor.
A little German yelled, "Keep still up there!"
'Twas then the Irish started in for fair.

CHORUS 1: They were singin'. They were swingin' in the good old Irish way.
Sure they had the welkin ringin' when the piper started in to play.
Jigs and reelin' broke the ceilin'. Then the Dutch downstairs got gay.
When the fight begun, little Mickey Dunn
Says, "Take your pick and do it quick. You've got to lick a Hun."
Then they started in for to fight and win in the good old Irish way.

Patter ad lib
It was grand to see the Irish fight to beat the band.
They made Irish harmony with ev'ry blow they'd land.
First they threw the leader down the stairs, but not alone.
Schmitt and Schultz accompanied him upon the slide trombone.
Danny Dunn the barber, having no shillelagh there,
With a ukulele parted seven Germans' hair.
When the drummer tried to beat it, he turned up his toes.
Just because he played by ear, McGuire punched him in the nose.

Getting Cohen the janitor, they had an awful chase
When they asked him what he played, he said the second race.
Quinn ran up to Flynn who fought three Germans all alone.
Flynn says, "These are mine. Go get some Germans of your own."
Donohue the cop came up and says to Finnegan,
"Is this a private fight or say, can anyone git in?"
When the fun was over, sure the Irish gave a cheer.
There were thirty-seven Germans hanging on the chandelier.

CHORUS 2: They were scrappy. They were happy. Licking Germans was like play.
When the place was clear, Michael McAleer
Says, "Now, bedad, it is too bad the Kaiser wasn't here."
Then they gave a cheer and drank the German's beer in the good old Irish way.