Irish Molly - De Dannan

De Dannan, Maura O'Connell singing Irish Molly, Recorded in 1982

Molly dear now did you hear
The news that's going round
Down in a corner of my heart
A love is what you've found
And every time I gaze into
your Irish eyes so blue
They seem to whisper "Darling boy, my love is all for you"

Oh, Molly, my Irish Molly, my sweet achusla dear
I'm fairly off my trolley, my Irish Molly when you are near
Springtime you know is ring time, come dear now don't be slow
Change your name, go out with game,
Begorrah wouldn't I do the same
My Irish Molly O

Molly dear now did you hear
I furnished up the flat
Three little cozy rooms with bath and "welcome" on the mat
It's five pounds down and two a week, we'll soon be out of debt
It's all complete except they haven't brought the cradle yet

Oh, Molly, my Irish Molly, my sweet achusla dear
I'm fairly off my trolley, my Irish Molly when you are near
Springtime you know is ring time, come dear now don't be slow
Change your name, go out with game,
Begorrah wouldn't I do the same my Irish Molly O

Molly dear and did you hear what all the neighbors say
About the hundred sovereigns you have safely stowed away
They say that's why I love you, Ah but Molly that's a shame
If you had only ninety-nine, I'd love you just the same

Oh, Molly, my Irish Molly, my sweet achusla dear
I'm fairly off my trolley, my Irish Molly when you are near
Springtime you know is ring time, come dear now don't be slow
Change your name, go out with game,
Begorrah wouldn't I do the same
My Irish Molly O

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Irish
• Molly
• -De
• Dannan

[needasecondchance]

Nice jolly tune, what year was this filmed? looks like the 70s to me.

Patrick.

[machree01]

It was film in Bantry House Co. Cork, in 1982.

[ScudEast2]

Sounds like an English music hall song to me, with some little Irish twiddles thrown in. Does anyone know the origin of the song?

[machree01]

It was Written in 1905, with lyrics by William Jerome and music by Jean Schwartz, on Tin Pan Alley in America.

[lovestwilightxxx]

@machree01 Where were the Irish roots? for William Jerome and Jean Schwartz?

[machree01]

@lovestwilightxxx Jerome's father, Patrick Flannery, arrived in Orange County, NY from Tipperary, in the 1850s. Patrick married a Dublin native named Mary Donnellon in Newburgh, NY in 1857. Jean Schwartz was born in Budapesst, Hungary. His family moved to New York City when he was 13 years old. In 1901 he started working with William Jerome.

[1misschatty]

Love dancing to this song :')

[dianedamico]

Maura O'Connell has a beautiful voice! I love her singing! I like that dress she's wearing in this "My Irish Molly O" video! I commented on that dress when I saw her at the Cleveland Irish Festival in July 2010 and she said that she was forced to wear it for this video. I told her that I like the cloth the dress was made from and she said that it's 100% cotton. She said that dress is very comfortable for her to sing in. I have the De Dannan Collection CD with her singing "My Irish Molly O" on.

[mylesag2]

@machree01 Didn't Frank Harrison have the first popular version?

[sk8tergrl911]

One of my favorite "Irish" folk songs. Love it!

Pat

[megiddo007]

love it as i love my border collie-Molly.

Danny

[SpiritOfBanshee]

Very playful song:-))

[rorystokes]

Ahh!

[jcbiscuitsniece]

@ScudEast2 you could be right, it doesn't sound like an irish tune, chances are it was written in america, by Irish and English who settled there and a mix of the two music styles came up with that - having said that i could be completely wrong

[craigshort123]

it was released in 1982