Putting it over. And Mary hanging on behind
| Title | Putting it over. And Mary hanging on behind |
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| And Mary hanging on behind / words and music by Louis Weslyn | |
| Subject | Musicals -- Excerpts -- Vocal scores with piano |
| Spencer, Chester -- Portraits | |
| Williams, Lola -- Portraits | |
| Description | For voice and piano |
| Caption title | |
| Song introduced by Chester Spencer and Lola Williams | |
| Cover photo of Chester Spencer and Lola Williams | |
| Inside back cover: Excerpts of While the rivers of love flow on, Why is the ocean so near the shore, Here comes the whippoorwill, and The Irish tango | |
| Back cover: Excerpts of Charme d'amour, In the candle light, Pepper pot, and Tampa Bay | |
| Creator | Weslyn, Louis, 1875-1936 |
| Publisher | New York : M. Witmark & Sons |
| Date | 1914 |
| Rights |
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| Format | Sheet music |
| Published works | |
| image/jpeg | |
| Type | Image |
| Text | |
| Identifier | SMC 00339 |
| M.W. & Sons 13275-3 M. Witmark & Sons | |
| https://digitalgallery.bgsu.edu/items/show/32943 | |
| Alternative Title | First line of text: As Michael Claney couldn't quite afford a motor car |
| First line of chorus: And all the horses were scaring and people were swearing | |
| Putting it over (Musical) | |
| Is Part Of | Sheet Music Collection, Music Library and Bill Schurk Sound Archives, University Libraries, Bowling Green State University |
| References | https://maurice.bgsu.edu:443/record=b2261208~S9 |
VERSE 01: As Michael Clancy couldn’t quite afford a motor car,/A motor cycle,/Was brought my Michael/You know those funny tandems with a wond’rous motor pow’r/and when you ride ‘em,/You sit astride ‘em,/One Sunday Michael took his sweetheart, Mary, for a ride/He meant to ask the little peach if she’d become his bride,/But Mary rode behind, and as they hustled o’er the ground,/The darned thing went so fast he couldn’t even turn around. VERSE 02: You really couldn’t see that motorcycle for the dust,/The noise was awful,/And quite unlawful/And ev’ry one expected that the thing would surely bust,/And split asunder,/And go to thunder!/Poor Michael couldn't stop the thing no matter how he tried,/You talk about old Paul Revere who took the famous ride/But Paul was never in it for a minute with our Mike,/Who took his Mary riding on his little motor bike. CHORUS: And all the horses were scaring,/And people were swearing,/And dodging about ev’rywhere/Excitement was filling the air,/From Main Street to Post Office Square,/And there was shouting and crying,/And dust was a flying,/And making most ev’ryone blind/Chug! Chug! Bing! bang!/You had best look out,/Piff! Puff, hot stuff! What’s it all about?/Oh, it’s only Michael on his motorcycle,/And Mary hanging on behind. | |
| Original Format | 1 score (4 pages) 35 cm |
