ARRAH GO ON I'M GONNA GO BACK TO OREGON
(Joe Young, Sam Lewis / Bert Grant, 1916)


Pat McCarty, hale and hearty, 
Living in Oregon, 
Heard a lot of talk about the great New York; 
He left the farm, where all was calm and landed on old Broadway, 
He coaxed a little Mary Ann into a swell cafe. 
The waiter brought the card and said, "what will you have," to Pat; 
Then Pat looked at the prices and he said "I'll have me hat."

Pat McCarty broke the party up into smithereens 
Said "your bill of fare, would give a bull scare; 
I want to eat, but I repeat, I don't want to buy the place," 
And Mary Ann was sitting with blushes on her face. 
She said, "I'll have a little steak, that's all I want right now;" 
And Pat said, "what it costs for steaks, why I could buy a cow."

Arrah go on, I'm gonna go back to Oregon, 
Arrah go on, I'm gonna go back and stay. 
I could buy the horses many a bale of hay, 
for all that I'd have to pay to feed a chicken on old Broadway, 
Arrah go on, there's somebody back in Oregon, 
Who calls me Uncle Pat, not Uncle John; 
Arrah go on, go way, go wid yer go way, go wid yer go way, go on, 
Arrah go on, I'm gonna go back to Oregon.