Maggie Murphy’s Home

A waltz song from the play “Reilly and the 400”, 1890.
words by Edward Harrigan
music by David Braham


The sheet music:


Accompaniment by Benjamin R. Tubb:


Lyrics

  1. Behind a grammar schoolhouse
    In a double tenement
    I live with my old mother
    And always pay the rent
    A bedroom and a parlor
    Is all we call our own
    And you’re welcome every evening
    At Maggie Murphy’s home

Chorus
On Sunday night, ’tis my delight
And pleasure don’t you see
Meeting all the girls and all the boys
That work downtown with me
There’s an organ in the parlor
To give the house a tone
And you’re welcome every evening
At Maggie Murphy’s home

  1. Such dancing in the parlor
    There’s a waltz for you and I
    Such mashing in the corner
    And kisses on the sly
    O bless the leisure hours
    That working people know
    And they’re welcome every evening
    At Maggie Murphy’s home
  2. It’s from the open window
    At the noontime of the day
    You’ll see the neighbor’s children
    So happy at their play
    There’s Jimmy with his Nelly
    Together romp and roam
    And they gather in the schoolyard
    Near Maggie Murphy’s home
  3. I walk through Hogan’s Alley
    At the closing of the day
    To greet my dear old mother
    You’ll hear the neighbours say
    “Oh, there goes little Maggie
    I wish she were my own
    Oh, may blessings ever linger
    O’er Maggie Murphy’s home”

Sung here by Fred Feild: