From the show “They Learned About Women”, 1929.
Words and music by Jack Yellen, Milton Ager, and Van and Schenck.
Sheet music provided by Laurence Rubenstein:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- Top o’ the mornin’, neighbor
How are you this lovely day?
I’m feelin’ fine, my bucko
So ’tis glad I am to say
I hear that you just moved into
The house next door to me
And I want to introduce myself
My name is Mike McGee
I’m very pleased to meet you
Also to inform you that
You’re shakin’ the hand of a Dougherty
Whose given name is Pat
Dougherty sure is a grand old name
Now wait a minute, wait
A fine upstandin’ Irish lad
Like you should get it straight
Chorus
Dougherty is the name
And make a note of the same
Not “Doherty,” nor “Dogerty”
But Dougherty is the name
That’s the way they say it in Ireland
And no other way is right
And altho I’m nearly sixty seven
And my hair is white
If there’s any one in the neighborhood
That’s looking for a fight
Not “Doherty,” nor “Dogerty”
But Dougherty is the name
- Sure and I have my troubles
Jim, the youngest boy of mine
Took to himself a bride whose name
Was Sadie Finkelstein
Last week she gave birth to a boy
The sweetest little thing
And of course I made arrangements
For an Irish christening
I called in Father Kelly
The McCartys and O’ Briens
And Faith have mercy on my soul
In came the Finkelsteins
And with them there came a
Hebrew gentleman to me unknown
And Finklestein says, “Patrick, come
Shake hands with Rabbi Cohn.”
Chorus
Dougherty is the name
Says I, make note of the same
Not Doherty,” nor “Dogerty”
But Dougherty is the name
You have seen the baby, have ye?
He’s the image of my Jim
And his name will not be Abe or Sam
It’s going to be Tim
And there isn’t a thing that any
Rabbi Cohn can do for him
Not Finkelstein nor Rosenstein
But Dougherty is the name
Sung here by Fred Feild: