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Thread #6651 Message #39039
Posted By: Charlie Baum
22-Sep-98 - 10:23 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Muldoon, The Solid Man
Subject: Lyr Add: MULDOON, THE SOLID MAN (sung by Lisa Null
This is the way Lisa Null sings it:
I am a man of great influence And I'm educated to a high degree I came when small from Donegal On the Daniel Webster across the sea In the 14th Ward [(or) Jersey City] I was situated In a tenement with my brother Dan By perserverance I elevated And I rose to the front like a solid man.
CHORUS: Then come with me and I'll treat you decent I will get you drunk and I'll fill your can And on the street every friend I meet Says there goes Muldoon; he's a solid man.
To every party and every raffle I always go, an invited guest As conspicuous as General Grant, me boys I wear a rosebud all on my breast I'm called upon to address the meeting Without regard to clique or clan I show the constitution with elocution Because you see, I'm a solid man.
Repeat CHORUS
Lisa Null found it in the singing of a Gaelic singer named Niclos Tobean (Spelling uncertain). This was one of only a couple of English songs in his repertoire. It can also be found in Philip Foner, Labor Songs of the Nineteeth Century. And Mick Maloney sings it and has an extra verse.