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Thread #16366   Message #989907
Posted By: GUEST,Dale
24-Jul-03 - 04:54 PM
Thread Name: Lyr/Chords Req: Agricultural Irish girl
Subject: Lyr Add: MARY ANN MALONE...AGRICULTURAL IRISH GIRL
I have tried to transcribe the 1885 sheet music exactly as written (more or less). You'll see it has changed a bit over the course of nearly 130 years.

MARY ANN MALONE,
THE AGRICULTURAL IRISH GIRL,

SONG AND REFRAIN
Sung with great success by MISS ST. GEORGE HUSSEY.
Words and Music by J. F. Mitchell.

1. If all the girls in New York State were march'd along together,
I've got the one that beats them all in any kind of weather;
The rain can't wash the powder off, Because she does not wear it;
Here stands the only man she loves, Tho' 'tis I myself declare it..

CHORUS: For she's a big, strong, stout lump of an agricultural Irish girl,
She neither paints nor powders, and her figure is all her own;
But she can hit that hard That you would think you were struck by the kick of a mule,
The full of the house of Irish love Is Mary Ann Malone.

2. She's only seventeen last grass, And still improving greatly,
I've got no idea what she'll be When her limbs are set completely;
You'd think your hand was in a vice, The minute that she shakes it;
And if there's any cake about, Faith, it's Mary Ann that takes it.

3. She doesn't bang her hair in front, Nor walk upon her toes-es;
Her fist is like John Sullivan's, 'Twas made for smashing noses;
She doesn't read your Seaside snaps, Or study fashion's pages;
And when there's any strike on hand, She's the devil to kick for wages.

Copyright 1885 by Chas. D. Blake & Co., Boston, Mass.