a 1919 popular song
words by Sam M. Lewis and Joe Young
music by Walter Donaldson
arranged by Fred E. Ahlert
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- Pat McCann, an Irishman
A Dublin buckaroo
He bought himself an aeroplane
To cross the ocean blue
One day he flew into a rage
And landed with a bang
While in a daze for seven days
The doctor said he sang
Chorus
“Oh! it’s hippity hop I’ll never stop
‘Till I land over in Ireland, over the sea
I’ll be tickled to death to get a breath of my land
And if I should drop I wouldn’t get sore
I’ve taken a drop or two before
I’d fly all over the sky
To meet my Molly O
Just to bid my darlin’ “top of the mornin”
Oh! it’s hippity hop I’ll never stop
‘Till I land over in Ireland, over the sea”
- Pat one day just flew away
The landlord made him fly
He said, “Your rent is going up”
And Pat said, “So am I”
He used a bottle for a throttle
He was flying high
He hit a cloud and very loud
The angels heard him cry
Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: