The chorus from this song became a verse in another (folk-processed, apparently) song called ARE YOU MR. RILEY? which was posted in another thread, but I think this deserves its own thread.

Copied from The Lester S. Levy Collection of Sheet Music:


PAT ROONEY'S GREAT COMIC SONG.
IS THAT MR. REILLY?*

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.

SPOKEN: I was walking across the Atlantic Ocean the other day, and as I was coming in the dock a fellow says:

CHORUS: Is that Mr. Reilly, can anyone tell?
Is that Mr. Reilly that owns the hotel?
Well if that's Mr. Reilly they speak of so highly,
Well upon my soul, Reilly, you're doing quite well.

2. I'd have nothing but Irishmen on the police.
Patrick's Day will be the Fourth of July.
I'd get me a thousand infernal machines
To teach the Chinese how to die.
I'll defend workingmen's cause, manufacture the laws;
New York would be swimming in wine.
A hundred a day will be very small pay,
When the White House and Capitol are mine.

SPOKEN: As I was walking quietly along the Elevated Railroad the other day, a gang of people below hollered up: CHORUS


[*Title as it appears on the first page of the music. The title on the cover is IS THAT YOU MR. REILLY?, and this is the way it is indexed at the Levy site.

[This copy of the sheet music is undated, and the only publisher named is "S. & Co." – A bootleg, perhaps?]