A popular song from 1914.
Words by J. Brandon Walsh.
Music by Ernest Breuer.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
1. Paddy dear, say can you do
The Tango up and down
Oh Paddy dear, say don’t you know
The craze of Dublin town?
They danced at first in Paris
And it drifted to New York
Then back across the ocean
Now they’re doing it in Cork
Chorus:
All the Irish do the tango now
You must tango to avoid a row
It beats the great Fandango
This nifty Irish tango
You’re not in it for a minute
If you don’t know how
Irish jigs and reels are danced no more
If you waltz they’ll chase you off the floor
“Too Much Mustard” music swells
By Killarny’s Lakes and Dells
They do the Irish tango now
2. The famous Irish dances are
All gone beyond recall
The Irish lads and lassies now
Do Tango ’round the hall
The Irish have ceased fighting
And are peaceful as can be
They swear they’ll do the Tango
Till they set Old Ireland free